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When the founder of GNLD, Jerry Brassfield, was a child, his daily life was hampered by severe asthma and hay fever. During certain seasons, the threat of respiratory failure was so severe that he slept sitting up; his life was at risk during those seasons. Without health insurance, finding medicines ineffective and facing a limited budget, Jerrys mother researched alternatives. Armed with her newfound knowledge, she began supplementing Jerrys diet with nutritional supplements giving his body the building blocks needed to combat the diseases that threatened his life. Today, many of the chronic diseases and conditions our population suffers from obesity, diabetes, heart disease are the result of improper diets. By filling in the nutritional gaps with supplements, these conditions can be helped, prevented and possibly even eliminated. Excellent nutrition doesnt come as easily in todays society. While many countries face a food deficit, modernized countries face a different challenge. In cultures such as ours, food supplies have become industrialized. Food is grown on vast corporate farms, harvested before the peak of nutrient development, then key nutrients are removed to extend shelf life, and they are processed and preserved for mass shipping and distribution across the country. This industrialization of our food supply and our lifestyles drives people to make fast, convienient food choices that lack the nutrition our bodies need. The result is a calorie-dense, nutrient …