- December 14, 2025
If I want to live till 101, I might want to lay off the waffle fries.
An afternoon of relaxation means different things to different people. For some, it’s a day at spa complete with back massages and french manicures. For me, it’s eating Chick-Fil-A in my parked car while watching Netflix on my phone. This might be a slight exaggeration, but time seems to stop during those precious fifteen to twenty minutes.
This ritual has increased a bit since my life has been a little more stressful and chaotic lately. Getting to escape away into the lives of my favorite TV show characters while simultaneously eating waffle fries dipped in Chick-Fil-A sauce is nothing short of a dream. And can we talk about that sauce for a second? I’ve heard it’s basically just a mixture of honey mustard and barbecue sauce, but holy cow it’s deliciously addictive. I may or may not have dreams about it.
Anyway, this lifestyle of mine isn’t one that parallels with the best health. I have improved my exercise routine (I now know what a kettle ball is, so), and I’m not constantly munching on snacks during the day. Plus I drink a ton of water. My mom asked me if I was pregnant the other day because I was going to the bathroom so much. So yeah, it’s impressive.
But an almost-daily visit to my favorite fast food chain, could actually kill me. At least, that was the sum of what I picked up from my recent conversation with Love Whole Foods Owner Mitchell Booth.
I went in with the mission to find out what supplements I should be taking on a daily basis. A magazine I was reading pointed out all the supplements Jennifer Aniston was taking, and I was pretty sure I would need the same ones (we’re on the same level, right?).
Conversations with Mitchell always inspire and terrify me at the same time. After being in the whole foods business for 25 years, he knows his stuff. Stuff like how antibiotics fed to cows are affecting our brains or how pizza isn’t really food (that one might have made me want to cry a little).
We talked for nearly an hour, about the different ways today’s processed, un-naturally food is slowly but surely killing us. Mitch tried his best to stay on topic about supplements, but his passion for a GMO-free world guided him from rant to rant about the many forces working against the whole foods movement. By the end of the conversation, I was ready to throw away everything in my pantry, and replace it with its organic and natural counterparts. Also I was feeling really guilty about the Chick-Fil-A I ate earlier that morning.
Though he’s passionately tough, and will tell you like it is, Mitchell is understanding. He knows I have the unrealistic expectations of maintaining a lean body while filling my stomach with garbage. I know everything I eat is delicious, but compared to the food in Mitchell’s store, yeah, it’s basically garbage.
So, he attempted to help me — and the rest of us who haven’t fully made that healthy lifestyle switch yet even though we know we should — by letting me in on the best daily supplements to take.
Maybe three to four more health talks with Mitch will scare me enough to stay out of the drive thru.
Top Ten Supplements from Love Whole Foods Owner Mitchell Booth
10) Vitamin C. “It’s needed by every cell of the body, because the body does not make it. It’s a building block for all collagen and skin. If you’re slim to none on Vitamin C, you’re going to lose that elasticity.”
9) MSM or Methylsulfonylmethane. “It’s a organic form of sulfur, the third most abundant nutrient in the human body. It’s needed by every cell. It’s critical as a building block for hair, skin and nails. MSM is also an anti-inflammatory. It’s on the same level as aspirin, but without any side affects.”
8) Magnesium. “It is a building block in regenerating our heart. It also helps to balance stress in a world where everyone is under stress. It also has an ability to have the brain go into automatic mode and de-stress. It’s side affect is bowel regulation.”
7) Probiotics: “We are living in a sea of hidden antibiotics with the mass market food supply. This fights it.”
6) Vitamin D-3. “It comes from cod liver oil. You only manufacture it when you’re in the sun. And we’re told to put on sun block now, so you can’t make it.”
5) Digestive Enzymes. “This is a miracle that comes from our industry. If you don’t have enzymes to break the food down for gluten allergies or lactose intolerances, than it will sit in your stomach.”
4) Alpha Lipoic Acid. “It’s a very unique amino acid, which is what we get from protein. It regenerates nerve endings. We now have an epidemic of Type 2 Diabetes, and one of the results is dying nerve endings in the feet, brain and eyes. This amino acid is a firewall to make sure that doesn’t happen.”
3) Omega 3 Fatty Acids. “Think of it as WD-40. It’s the key energy source for the heart muscle. It is the key element in preventing heart attacks. It has been the only thing that has been able to help prevent Alzheimer’s. At a cellular level, it can slow down the aging processes. It plumps out the skin and keeps it from dying prematurely.”
2) Turmeric. “It’s a spice that comes from India. It’s the basic element of curry. It does everything. It balances blood sugar. It’s the most powerful anti-inflammatory without using a drug.”
1) Multiple Whole Food Gender Specific Vitamin. “This is what you do when you just want to take one pill. You also want to find one that is specific to your age group. This will balance you with just one pill. The only thing that isn’t in the one we sell is Omega 3.”
