✔ Store-specific grocery lists for:
Costco
 
✔ 14 pages of curated products aligned with an elimination diet
✔ Clear product photos for easy recognition
✔ Organized by food category
✔ Free of: Gluten, dairy, eggs, soy, pork, corn,  carrageenan, maltodextrin, citric acid, stevia, and major industrial seed oils (canola, corn, soybean, safflower, rice bran, grapeseed, and palm oil (a minimal number of products may contain sunflower oil including high-oleic forms when a suitable alternative was not available)
✔ Emphasis on grass-fed, grass-finished, and wild-caught choices
✔ Medical Medium-aligned selections where applicable
 
❌Why avoid these ingredients?
Dairy can promote mucus production, inflammation, and hormonal disruption, and often worsens acne, sinus issues, and gut permeability
Eggs can feed pathogens and trigger immune reactions in sensitive people, contributing to inflammation and skin or gut symptoms
Gluten can damage the gut lining (increasing intestinal permeability) and drive autoimmune and inflammatory responses even in non-celiacs
Conventional soy is highly processed and estrogenic, often GMO, and can disrupt hormones and thyroid function in susceptible individuals
Pork can harbor pathogens and inflammatory fats, and Medical Medium notes it as particularly hard on the liver and immune system
Industrial citric acid is often mold-derived and can trigger histamine reactions, gut irritation, and inflammation in sensitive individuals
Corn is commonly GMO, pesticide-heavy, and can spike blood sugar while irritating the gut and feeding pathogenic microbes
Seed oils are highly processed, oxidized, and inflammatory, contributing to metabolic dysfunction and chronic disease
Carrageenan can inflame the gut lining and disrupt the microbiome, potentially worsening IBS and leaky gut
Maltodextrin rapidly spikes blood sugar and feeds harmful gut bacteria, worsening dysbiosis and inflammation
Factory-farmed animals are exposed to antibiotics, hormones, and stress, which can transfer inflammatory compounds and disrupt human gut and hormone health.
 
🌿 This guide is ideal if you:
Feel overwhelmed reading ingredient labels
Want to eat cleaner but don’t know where to start
Are navigating food sensitivities or inflammation
Are dealing with hormonal imbalances, thyroid issues, gut issues, SIBO, leaky gut, brain fog, etc.
Want to save hours of grocery shopping time
Prefer expert-curated recommendations you can trust
Want to follow a Medical Medium-inspired lifestyle
 
💡 Why This Guide Is Different
Created by a Certified Functional Medicine Nurse Practitioner
Based on hands-on, in-store research
Designed for real life grocery shopping
Focuses on clarity, simplicity, and confidence
No sponsorships, no brand kickbacks, no paid placements