✔ Store-specific grocery lists for:

• Sprouts

✔ 12 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

Of note, I carefully handpicked every product in this guide based on clean, vetted formulations as of Early 2025. However, food brands do quietly change their recipes over time! Use this list as your trusted blueprint, but always give labels a quick glance on the shelf just in case a manufacturer has snuck in a new additive.