FlavCity's Bobby Parrish Reveals the Top 5 Things to Avoid at the Grocery Store

One of the toughest tasks for those attempting to eat healthy is knowing where to begin in the grocery store. Home-cooked meals are never easy, but there are also some other things that many chefs, physicians, dietitians, and others recommend avoiding.

The creator and founder of FlavCity, Bobby Parrish, has built up a following by offering tips, recipes and more for followers on YouTube and social media. Recently, Parrish posted a clip detailing his "five things you want to avoid at the grocery store."

The list features a few common choices of shoppers, and Parrish details why he avoids the five items, which can be seen just below the video.

Bobby Parrish breaks down the Top 5 things you want to avoid at the grocery store in America

From hormone disruptors in tea bags to popular coffee creamers flavored with petroleum based artificial flavors

It truly feels like everything we eat here in America is actual poison pic.twitter.com/BRbBrKMbOf

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Avoid tea bags, buy loose-leaf tea insteadAvoid coffee pods or K-cup coffees - ground or whole-bean coffee insteadAvoid flavored coffee creamersAvoid seed oils (canola, soybean, safflower, sunflower) - use avocado oil insteadHigh fructose corn syrup found in Heinz Tomato Ketchup

It's an interesting list and includes multiple popular selections for morning coffee/tea drinkers and anyone who cooks frequently at home.

Parrish also went into detail about the specific reasons why it's wise to avoid the products above and even offered insight into how some of them are made, such as the flavored coffee creamers.

Another beneficial aspect of the video is that Parrish offers a few alternatives for the items listed above, which should help if you want to change things up.

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