The benefits of eating healthy are more evident than ever. Everyday a new study comes out on how a person can maintain a healthy life. More and more people are looking for ways to have a healthy lifestyle. The media distributes mass amounts of health issues. The Internet is filled with information on what is good and what is bad for a person. Email accounts send newsletters out daily on new information about health related topics. It has a daily segment called Health Watch. It provides the watchers with recent events in nutrition from around the world. Magazines showcase the ideal healthy person on their covers. Men's Health a very popular magazine offers monthly advice to men who are looking to get in peak physical and mental condition. Insurance companies send out information. They offer better rates to people who are in better health condition. Annual fairs are held around the United States to help educate its citizens on keeping their bodies in shape with diet and exercise. New trends in exercise are constantly surfacing. New fads in diet are continuously emerging. With all of this information about it is hard for a person in the United States not to be health conscious.
             The awareness amongst people is causing a demand for certain products. And with a demand there must be supply. Many jobs focus on producing health food. Scientists and farmers are two major employees of the health food industry. Scientists can bioengineer food to be bigger more colorful or more nutrious. Farmers must grow crops the way the consumer wants with either conventional or organically. Many stores now focus entirely on organic or natural foods. It is a rapid growing industry. These stores provide a healthy and natural alternative to the big chain stores such as Safeway, Albertson's, and King Soopers. Health food stores are now a part of everyday life for many people. Now that people are becoming more health conscious and health food is more readily avail...