| My grandfather told me a story once about a | | | | friend's life. The friend always had the potential to |
| man who came into his town when he was a boy. | | | | be great, but he just needed a little push. My |
| The man had a couple hundred bottles filled with a | | | | grandpa started to worry about when his friend |
| mysterious liquid. He told the members of my | | | | would run out of the drink. He hoped that by then |
| grandfather's community that he was selling a | | | | he would realize that he didn't need it. |
| very important drink. He claimed that the drink | | | | When he did run out of the drink, he was |
| would heal any sickness, and would make kids | | | | heartbroken. He figured that he wouldn't be able |
| grow up to be strong adults. | | | | to do anything anymore. He started to fail at |
| The gullible people in the town believed him. My | | | | everything he had been good at. My grandpa tried |
| grandfather had a friend who really wanted to | | | | to explain to him that the drink hadn't done |
| buy some, but couldn't afford any. My grandpa | | | | anything. His friend refused to believe him. |
| thought it was all a lot of hooey. He told me that | | | | So, my grandpa went to the store and bought |
| he has been taking real dietary supplements his | | | | real dietary supplements. He bought vitamins that |
| whole life, and he could always tell the difference | | | | were actually nutritional. He brought a bag of |
| between nutrition and a fairy tale. | | | | these things to his friend's house. He explained |
| He tried to talk his friend out of wanting the drink, | | | | that these things would work twice as well as |
| but they were determined. His friend went into his | | | | what the man had sold him. |
| house and gathered up all of his belongings. Then | | | | His friend's eyes lit up. He grabbed the bag and |
| he went outside and tried to sell them. He sold | | | | swallowed a few vitamins. Then he went back |
| most of them at a fraction of their cost. Then, | | | | out to live his life. |
| he took the money and bought as many bottles | | | | My grandpa always taught me that the best |
| of the stuff as he could. | | | | dietary supplements are the ones that have been |
| Over the next few months, my grandpa's friend | | | | proven to work. They are the ones with real |
| did excel in many different areas. He started | | | | vitamins in them. He taught me not to fall for |
| working harder than he ever had before. He | | | | false promises of unbelievable things. Since then I |
| seemed to be a lot stronger. In fact, he became | | | | have tried to find the best things to put into my |
| the heartthrob of most of the girls in the town. | | | | body. |
| My grandfather couldn't believe it. | | | | There are a lot of gullible people out there that will |
| It took my grandpa a while to figure out that the | | | | buy fake dietary supplements. I stay away from |
| drink wasn't to thank for the successes in his | | | | those things. |