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Author: Alex Anderson

I got tired of reading ingredient labels and finding seed oils, BPA, and endocrine disruptors in everything I brought into my home. So I started this site to share what I actually buy, cook with, clean with, and use day to day. Most of those products link out to Amazon. Using those links costs you nothing (Amazon sometimes has a coupon clipped on the product page), and the small commission helps cover the hosting bill. No sponsors, no brand deals. Just real products I keep in my own kitchen, laundry room, bathroom, and pantry. Not all of it comes from Amazon, though. Grass-fed beef, pasture-raised chicken and eggs, grass-fed butter and sourdough I buy at the farmers market when I can, because it beats the store and it supports my community.
Pantry Swaps

Coconut Aminos vs Soy Sauce: The Sodium Math, the Sugar, and What the Word Aminos Is Worth

In This Article What is in each bottle The sodium math The sugar on the other side of the label What the word aminos is worth The no…

October 2026 · 10 min read

Seed Oil Alternatives

Does Ketchup Have Seed Oil? What the Labels (and the Federal Standard) Say

In This Article What the federal standard allows What the labels list Where oil does show up The real ketchup question is sugar Quick questions The bottom line…

October 2026 · 5 min read

Keto and Low-Carb Swaps

How to Make Bulletproof Coffee, and the One Ingredient That Changes What It Is

In This Article The drink itself Start with a teaspoon of MCT The butter, briefly Now the collagen problem What I would skip The picks Quick questions The…

October 2026 · 6 min read

Kitchen and Cookware

Bobby Approved Costco Kitchen Finds: Non-Toxic Cookware, Glass Storage and the Pans I Use

In This Article Why the aisle changed The Costco picks Storage: ceramic or glass Two more from the deals video Quick questions The bottom line References Walk the…

October 2026 · 7 min read

Supplements

Why Your Potassium Supplement Is 99 mg, and What That Number Actually Means

In This Article There is no 99 mg cap The number on the bottle is not the number you think Where potassium actually comes from The part where…

October 2026 · 8 min read

Buying Guides

I Counted Ten Years of Health Purchases. I Rebought About One in Three.

In This Article The count Why the reorder matters more than the review Three reasons this is not a scoreboard What the survivors have in common The 2023…

October 2026 · 6 min read

Food and Ingredient Swaps

New Bobby Approved Costco Finds, Fall 2026: What Passed and What Bobby Parrish Put Back

In This Article Check it yourself with the app Sweet things that pass Savoury things that pass Drinks and supplements What Bobby put back Quick questions The bottom…

October 2026 · 7 min read

Food and Ingredient Swaps

Bobby Approved Costco List: 10 Staples Bobby Parrish Wishes He Found Sooner

In This Article The quick way to check anything else 1. Kirkland grass-fed New Zealand butter 2. Kirkland popcorn snack bags 3. Local raw honey 4. Grass-fed beef…

September 2026 · 8 min read

Fitness and Movement

The Strongest Evidence I Have Found for Anything Is for a $15 Pair of Socks

In This Article What the review found Here is the catch, and it is a big one The word that does the work is “graduated” The spec turns…

September 2026 · 6 min read

Pantry Swaps

Two Jars of Seed Butter, and the Allergen Law That Quietly Changed the Label

In This Article Sesame joined a list that had not moved since 2004 Tahini is not a spread Pumpkin seed butter answers exactly one question About those two…

September 2026 · 5 min read

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