Repost from @naturedoctor_beautytips Many of you may not have heard that Garden of Life got bought by Nestle. In the past their protein powder had mercury/arsenic/lead. Here is some info by researcher Kari Bundy: Garden of Life shocked customers worldwide today when they announced that the company has sold its popular non-GMO, whole food vitamin brand to multi-industry giant Nestle. Founder Jordan Rubin started Garden of Life in 2000 after he experienced a debilitating digestive disease in his late teens. At just 19 years old, Jordan lost 81 lbs from this mystery disease and was fitted for a wheelchair after more than 500 treatments from over 70 health professionals had failed him. As a last resort, Jordan decided to attempt to heal his condition by following a diet rich in whole foods, enzymes, nutrients, probiotics and Homeostatic Soil Organisms (HSO’s) blend. Shortly after adopting this lifestyle he realized that the human body is capable of incredible healing only when it receives proper nutrition. The HSO’s attacked yeast, fungi and parasites that were found in Jordan’s gut and became the hallmark ingredients in many of the Garden of Life products, most notably their Primal Defense product, which contains 12 species of beneficial microorganisms. Jordan was healed and Garden of Life was born. If you go to the companies website and check out the “About” section, you’ll see that the company starts out by trashing “huge commercial laboratories”: “We are fanatical about food. We’re different that way. Whether we’re making a vitamin, or a probiotic, or a protein powder, we always start with real foods and these (foods) provide our formulas the power to be their best. We’re different this way, too. The synthetically created, chemical “breakthroughs” from huge commercial laboratories around the world are not for us. Let the other guys sell those “supplements.” No thanks. As fanatical as we are over what goes into our products, we are even more obsessed about the things we keep out of them. We hate those synthetic chemicals that most companies use to make their products. This stuff makes machines work faster, and helps factories churn o