“The wonderful thing about a company like Mannatech is that they recognize that when God made us, He gave us the right fuel. And that fuel was the right kind of healthy food. You know we live in a society that is very sophisticated, and sometimes we’re not able to achieve the original diet. And we have to alter our diet to fit our lifestyle. Many of the natural things are not included in our diet. Basically what the company is doing is trying to find a way to restore natural diet as a medicine or as a mechanism for maintaining health.”

— Ben Carson

As quoted in "Ben Carson’s Troubling Connection" http://www.nationalreview.com/article/396193/ben-carsons-troubling-connection-jim-geraghty, National Review (January 12, 2015)

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