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[Trash My Trolley] What do you think of my groceries? (hint: no soda!)

Vons in Los Angeles

Btw 18 eggs is now $10.49!!

The green bag has two avocados

Here's my take:

  • Cut back on those Monster Energy drinks, the artificial sweetener in them can wreck havoc on your gut microbiome.
  • Ditch the Orange Juice, it's just as bad as soda.
  • Swap the white rice for whole grain rice.
  • Swap Chobani for plain yoghurt

It's good to see salmon, eggs, real butter, and avocado. Perhaps grab some broccoli or other Cruciferous vegetables next time you are at the grocery store.

If you are having trouble quitting soda, then it might be worth investing in a sodastream (or similar) or buying bottled sparkling water. You can even buy caffeinated soda water these days. I know this isn't the best advice, but I had a hell of a time quitting soda, and making that switch really helped me.

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5 sats \ 6 replies \ @nym 18 Jan

Good advice

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I love monster tho!

My wife loves oj! I can not join in I guess

Is whole grain rice actually better? I gave bought brown rice but maybe that’s not whole grain

U and @Undisciplined both said plain yogurt

Yea had broccoli at home already. Love cruciferous vegetables and cabbage!

We drink a lot of la croix. Is that good enough?

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When I said Wholegrain rice, I meant brown rice :). And it is better than white rice, with a lower GI rating, more fiber and nutrients. When I looked at your trolley the purple package of jasmine said 'white rice' on it.

La Croix is alright, plain sparkling water is better.

For Yogurt, try buying yogurt that is low in sugar and specifically use words like 'pro-biotic' and 'unsweetened' on the packaging.

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Unsweetened yogurt! Ok I’ll take a look.

Can I add a bunch of sugary granola to it?

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I wouldn't, try switching to rolled oats with a LITTLE bit of brown sugar or maple syrup.

If you can get some local raw honey, that would be better :)

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Like literally rolled oats or Quaker Oats instant oatmeal?

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Yeah, literally rolled oats. I'm not too familiar with Quaker oats, but if they come in individual servings that should be fine

Certainly a major improvement. Although, that's still a lot of Monster Energy drinks (and, yes, I saw the "zero sugar").

Any grains or produce that isn't organic was sprayed down with poison, so I always recommend going organic.

Pasture raised is better than cage free. Cage free doesn't mean the birds are outside eating their natural diet. Setting ethics aside, you'll get higher quality eggs from chickens in a more natural setting.

Those yogurts look very sugary. Get a big thing of plain and mix in honey and fruit.

Still, big improvement. 6/13

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What he said

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Man @Undisciplined you are living this huh??

Doesn’t zero sugar mean healthy??

Viral farms pasture raised is so pricey!

Not a fan of chobani huh? But it’s Greek!

Thanks for the encouragement you two!

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I don't live in CA, though, so my grocery bill is like a third of that (and everything's not on fire).

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It really is on fire!

But where do u live? The Somoa’s? Virgin Islajds?

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I've pitched my wife on the Virgin Islands, but it hasn't worked yet. Groceries and gas and such are actually quite expensive there, but there are almost no taxes.

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Puerto Rico has no bitcoin taxes but u have to live in puerto rico

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Puerto Rico has very high local taxes, though. My understanding is that the Virgin Islands have almost no taxes.

Swapped the soda for monster energy drinks?

Otherwise pretty good looking cart.

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This guy gets it.

Yea monster is better right??

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Probably better than soda but still not great.

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Haha how is monster better? Why is soda so bad??

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I don't know. I don't drink energy drinks but I assume they have less chemicals and won't burn a hole in your stomach.

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A great assumption

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Btw 18 eggs is now $10.49!!

We can buy more than 100 in this much money. You guys are getting poor because of inflation. ;)

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Sad but true

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Ugh, chobani?!
That shit is candy more than it's yoghurt.

Also, that much energy drinks?

mmm, unimpressed. 3/10

(ed: bonus points for the Irish butter!)

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It was definitely the most expensive butter I knew u guys would like it!

Which brand of plain yogurt is best??

Two kids. Need energy drinks

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I have no idea what America's sugar-addicted stores have to offer. Find something without added sugar or corn syrup

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Even the water has high fructose corn syrup

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...or fluoride, as it were.

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What! You think I can believe you didn't fill the trolly with a lot of unhealthy items? ;) Where's the final picture?

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Lmao! Ppl definitely think even this is unhealthy!

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The lamb and the salmon is great. And is that some ground beef underneath? And butter and eggs - yep. Excellent.

Everything else - in my not so humble opinion as a carnivore, it should all go. No exceptions. It's just a load of sugar, in all kinds of different formats.

I experienced some amazing health benefits after going carnivore about 13 months ago. I'm never going back. The carnivore movement is growing so quickly, I'm starting to meet people out in the world, who are carnivore.

As a matter of fact, this past week a local grocery store had an amazing sale on ground beef, and I went there to stock up this weekend. Unfortunately they were out. But the meat department guy was super friendly and offered to order some for me at the sale price. We chatted a while, and I finally asked - are you carnivore? (There had been some hints in his conversation).

He said YES, that he'd started 2.5 weeks ago, and he was feeling awesome, and the biggest improvement was actually mood, and sleep.

So, that was great. Unfortunately his manager called later and told me that I couldn't get the amount I wanted at the sale price. But I did learn that they had beef fat scraps that they'd give away, to whoever asked.

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Post your progress! Mood is up!!

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I'm pretty much steady state now with my diet, haven't really made many changes since I went hard-core carnivore.

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No soda, but Monster energy drink?

Rage-baiting, no sats for you ;)

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Lmao where is the monster love??

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I love it but energy drinks r just bad for us

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No soda but u got monster ur nuts I know its zero sugar but still

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No love for monster??

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