Setting Up EB Menu Items

Good Evening,

I still can't quite seem to get my main menu to work correctly with EB menu items. I'm at a loss and have no idea how to proceed.

Creating EB Menu Item
On my main menu I want to have a link directly to a specific category, say 'health'. I've tried creating an EB menu item > Single Category > Health but doing so affects the blog posts under that category. For example, a blog post in the 'health' category will now have this URL structure: http://mysite.com/categories/health/blog-title

Of course, my intention is to merely put a menu alias to the existing EB category view for 'health' onto the main menu for easier navigation. I am at a loss as to why it affects the posts within the category.

Clarification: Using your demo as an example, what I am trying to accomplish would be the same as putting your 'technology' category on the main menu, and not having to first click the 'categories' menu item.

Recreate the EB Menu Structure
I looked at the EB demo to see how it had been set up, thinking that maybe I missed something. But the main menu created in the demo is merely a replication of the structure that EB creates within the component anyway. Will this only work if I recreate the menu structure as well? That is, to make a parent menu item for /categories, then a child item for the single category view /health?

Settings
Based on earlier conversations I can confirm the following settings:

Settings > SEO > General: Permalink = 'Simple'
Settings > SEO > Advanced: Advanced (Routing) = Default
Settings > SEO > Advanced: Entry Routing = Category Menu

Site Access
Support: My site is on the production server and, unfortunately, I cannot grant access. Any credentials you try from my profile won't work.