End the Grocery Store Scavenger Hunt

By Kristian Strang Health & Well-being Recipes January 14, 2023

I stood in the aisle at Whole Foods near-to-tears.

The year was 2015, and I was dealing with inflammation in my gut UNLIKE ANYTHING I had EVER experienced before.

It took me almost 6 weeks to narrow down what foods were activating this inflammation and then a week more after that to realize that it was the preservative citric acid.

I had never paid much attention to this sneaky little preservative, because as long as my foods were gluten-free, dairy-free, corn-free, soy-free and sugar-free I was all good.

Until 2015 that is.

That year my body also said no to citric acid, which I discovered in that Whole Foods aisle was in EVERYTHING. And by everything I mean everything from my fave spaghetti sauce to the hummus I loved, to diced tomatoes (organic too) – this sneaky “little” preservative was everywhere.

I was going to have to totally change my diet. Again.

Insert inner groan. As my spiritual journey has progressed, so has my body’s inability to process anything that isn’t of the highest quality.

I was SO frustrated at this point. Was this the price for enlightenment in a sick society I half-jokingly grumbled to myself (cuz let’s be honest, there’s still more enLighten-ment to allow for!).

This sick society has been knowingly poisoning its people, and then pretending like it was “strange” that they were being diagnosed with all sorts of cancers, autoimmune diseases, nervous system disorders and other discordant health issues .

As an energy medicine practitioner, we could assist in the healing of the “cancer” or the diagnosis, but if the client refused to make dietary and lifestyle changes, the chance of it returning was extremely high.

This was five years before I was blessed with Purium organic superfoods in my life, which meant five long-ass years playing scavenger hunt in the grocery store.

If I DO go to a grocery store, I still check every label because citric acid is one of those preservatives that food makers (organic included, much to my dismay) LOVE to add in even after batches of their product have gone out without it.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve found a wonderful organic food that my body loves and then seemingly out of nowhere my body starts talking to let me know it’s NOT happy. I go back to the food label to discover that citric acid or another toxic preservative has been added in to the new batch.

I almost always reach out to the company to ask what has happened, and to request a change. Almost always I’m told that due to “rising costs” they had to add in additional preservatives so that their foods can last longer.

Thankfully I don’t spend too much time in the grocery store anymore, because I have a far better approach to high-vibe nutrition now (see below).

Once you open pandora’s box about the pollution of the food and water supply here on Earth, you may start to get a bit, shall we say, stressed out. 😉

Not only is food not food anymore, but it’s also being compromised with glyphosate poisoning. Glyphosate is the herbicide found in RoundUp, created by Monsanto that has been sprayed on the majority of the Earth’s food crops and has leaked into the water supply (and has even been found in rainwater).

You can read about glyphosate toxicity and its alarming levels in the food supply here in this free ebook download.

This knowledge has many of us reading every label for every food item we purchase (and rightly so). But what you’ll find in the majority of food labels is corn syrup, hydrolyzed corn/wheat, enriched flours, citric acid, sodium benzoate, sulfites, BHA, nitrites, propylene glycol, potassium bromate, etc.

The above preservatives have been known to cause everything from tumors to nervous system disorders to digestive disorders, kidney issues and more.

(Also, on the positive side, the highest vibe preservatives are organic salt, fermentation, organic rosemary extract, Tocopherols (vitamin E) and organic citrus.)

So how do we end the grocery store scavenger hunt?

It’s actually pretty simple.

Below is a sample of how you can eat the cleanest, highest vibrating foods and steer clear of the polluted food supply:

Use your local co-op/health food store or Misfits Market for organic fruits and veggies, and when farmers market season opens up return to using your local farm supply. If you live in an area where you can grow your own food abundantly, do this, just make sure you’re using regenerative soil practices so that the food is not toxified at the soil and rainwater level (so grow your food in greenhouses to prevent rainwater toxicity – this primarily applies to urban environments but you can have your rainwater tested too).
Daily have 1-2 Purium organic smoothies or shakes (Purium’s powders are tested up to 7 times for quality – so no glyphosate or heavy metals here).
I recommend The Essentials Shake daily along with one of our other shakes/green drinks (or make your own!).
Example shakes: Organic Chocolate Berry
Your New Fave Organic Green Drink
Grain-Free Superfoods Smoothie
(And more, click on our Drinks tab for more healthy drink recipes)
Eat 1 organic, warm vegan meal each night and eat as much organic fruit during the day as you’d like. See our Baked Ziti recipe and more, click on our Dinner tab for more ideas.
Treat yourself with organic dark chocolate or this yummy snack as your body asks for it.
Drink as many organic juices from Juice Bar In A Bag, making whatever concoctions you’re called to, including drinking Apothe-Cherry to reduce inflammation in the body (during your moon cycle or when dealing with an injury or health issue, sip this healing tonic all day long).

You’ll not only reduce your time in the grocery store reading labels, you’ll spend as little as $11/day for your organic, high-vibration nutrition that’s delivered to your door and that you do not have to manually grow, juice, strain and make every single day (which costs far more in time and energy!).

Instead you’ll be living in your highest vitality and health.

Sounds pretty amazing, right?

End the Grocery Store Scavenger Hunt and spend your time creating a life you Love, nurturing the relationships that are most valuable to you and giving your gifts in the unique Ways that only you can.