I researched like a madman and looked into what my bones and the discs in my spine were actually made of and what it took for them to be healthy. I started studying health instead of disease, and I was shocked at what I found. Things like sulfur-bearing amino acids, polysaccharides, magnesium, silica, and even vitamin C were critical to my tissue health. I wasn’t getting any of those things on my fast food–based diet.