The Bulletproof Diet

Shopping Guide
The complete shopping guide to stocking your kitchen with foods from the
Bulletproof Diet.

By Dave Asprey
The Bulletproof Executive
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The Bulletproof Diet Shopping Guide

The Complete Guide to Stocking Your Kitchen with Foods
from the Bulletproof Diet
By Dave Asprey

The information contained in this guide is for informational purposes only.

I am not a lawyer or an accountant or a medical professional. Im a completely
unqualif ied biohacker. Any advice here is my opinion based on my own experience. You
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The Bulletproof Diet has been a phenomenal success. Entrepreneurs, students,

athletes, medical professionals, stay-at-home moms and virtually everyone who
implements it correctly can reap the benefits. Theyre more focused, healthier,
more resilient to infection and disease, and have boundless energy. They recover faster and sleep better. They feel Bulletproof.
The Bulletproof Diet infographic simplifies a huge amount of information on nutrition and toxins into a short set of recommendations, but I keep hearing this que stion:

I get it, but how does that translate into what to buy at the store?
This guide is a shopping list of the foods on the Bulletproof Diet. This is more in
depth and provides you with lots of options to choose from. This guide also
provides you with basic buying instructions for different foods like meat, vegetables, and fats. Most of the foods in this guide come from the green side of the
Bulletproof Diet, with a few in the yellow zone. In general, the best foods are
placed first on the list.
There are also a few links at the end for products that I know and trust.

You can take this list to the store and know exactly what to buy. No more guess ing about which foods you should get.

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Table of Contents
The Bulletproof Diet Shopping Guide..................................................................... 3
Table of Contents (Clickable).................................................................................................5
Shopping Tips & Key Points.................................................................................................. 5
The Bulletproof Diet Shopping List....................................................................................... 9
Protein ................................................................................................................... 10
Oils & Fats..............................................................................................................11
Leafy / Staple Vegetables....................................................................................... 12
Roots, Tubers & Safe Carbs................................................................................... 12
Fruits ......................................................................................................................13
Nuts & Seeds.......................................................................................................... 13
Dairy.......................................................................................................................14
Spices & Flavorings............................................................................................... 14
Sweeteners (optional)............................................................................................. 15
Recommended Products....................................................................................................... 16
Closing Words...................................................................................................................... 18

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Shopping Tips & Key Points

This is a list of best practice tips for grocery shopping. It also provides a list of
criteria you can follow when selecting certain foods.

Shopping Best Practices

1.Shop around the perimeter of the store. This is where most of the Bulletproof

foods will be. This also eliminates impulsive buying of low quality foods from
the center isles.
2.Buying grass-fed & wild caught meat is your main goal.

3.Dont shop when youre hungry. Youre more likely to buy junk food.

4.Shop with a friend if you often make poor decisions. This helps keep you ac-

countable.
5.When in doubt - go without. If you see a food that youre not sure about, its

better to avoid it.

6.Do as much of your shopping through farmers markets and farms as possible.

Nothing beats knowing your farmer.

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7.Buying food online is often much cheaper and easier to research.

8.Dont buy supplements or protein powders from the regular grocery store.

Theyre generally low quality and will do more harm than good.
9.If it comes in a box, bag, or can, be cautious - its probably toxic.

Buying Meat Products

Animal Product Buying Hierarchy
1.100% grass-fed and grass-finished is optimal.
2.Grass-fed (grain- finished before slaughter) is a huge step down, but may be
better than conventional meat.
3.Pastured doesnt mean anything unless its also grass-fed.
4.Organic meat is better than conventional. .
5.Extremely lean conventional meats (factory raised) are better than no meat at
all.
6.Aim for organic and pasture raised eggs. In a pinch, eggs can be factory raised
because hens filter out many of the toxins that would damage their offspring.
Never, ever eat omega 3 eggs.
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7.Farmed salmon/fish = bad. Youre better off eating fat-free factory meat and
supplementing with krill oil.
8.Bacon and sausage may be just fine, but skip these until you know how you
feel on a really clean Bulletproof Diet. Properly cured and prepared bacon is a
joy to behold and healthy, but most commercial bacon doesnt make the cut.
Sausage usually has spices added that are either laden with mycotoxins, hidden MSG, or both. Avoid jerky and other processed meats. Its best to buy artisan-cured bacon or sausage from your farmer or the person who made it.
These tasty foods are awesome and healthy only if theyre carefully prepared.
Most arent.
Organic does not mean grass-fed. In fact, grass-fed does not always mean

grass-fed. Unless you verify the animal was only fed grass its entire life -it
was probably fed grains at some point. This is why its best to buy from a
farmer.

Buying Vegetables & Fruit

Organic vegetables are a best, but go with regular vegetables if youre trying to

save money. Either way, do not buy vegetables with even small amounts of
brown spots or wilting these will contain more toxins than you think.

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Organic is more important with fruit, but not essential. If you wash your food

carefully its generally not important to buy organic. And you shouldnt be buying
much fruit anyway!
Frozen veggies are often fresher than fresh vegetables because theyre fr ozen

before they have time spoil on a shelf.

Dont buy canned, dried, candied, or preserved stuff.

Buying Fats & Oils

Avoid all vegetable oils including corn, cottonseed, canola, soy, sunflower, saf-

flower (including cooking spray). Cook only with butter, ghee, or coconut oil.
Rendered animal fat from some grass-finished animals has a significant risk of

mycotoxins and contains oils that are damaged from heating. It is better than
vegetable oil but not as good as butter. (For flavor, I add bacon grease at the
end of cooking something.)
Coconut oil that is naturally processed (fermented) is often moldy. Make sur e

you buy extra virgin or expeller pressed coconut oil from a reputable vendor. My
favorite is Wilderness Family Naturals.
Most nut oils have mycotoxins or damaged oils or both. (This includes macad-

amia unfortunately.)

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Avoid anything that says hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated. Avoid

spreads or butter replacements or low fat butter frankenfoods.

Olive oil is healthy only when you do not heat or cook it. Use in moderation to

avoid excess omega-6.

Buying Herbs & Spices

Its not a good idea to keep a wide variety of herbs and spices unless you use

them up frequently. Old spices sitting in cabinets are a *major* source of toxins
in kitchens today.
Choose leaf-based herbs like oregano, thyme, sage, and parsley because th ese

have a lower mycotoxin content.

The powdered spices like nutmeg and cloves are often contaminated with mold.

Go for whole herbs when you can. Quality and freshness really matter here.
Black pepper is almost always moldy. Soy sauce is too.
Garlic and onion powders are often moldy and negatively effect cognitive per-

formance. Better to use these as medicinal herbs or sparingly.

Never buy a spice mix or anything with spice extractives, flavors, etc.
Buy cayenne pepper in the vitamin aisle and break open a capsule to use in

cooking. Its perfectly fresh every time.

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Buying Dairy
With the exception of grass-fed butter and ghee, its best to avoid dairy. There is
nothing in dairy products that you cant get from the other foods on the Bulle tproof Diet. Many people have a reaction to the proteins in dairy, which is why
grass-fed butter or ghee is tolerated by many (but not all). If you do decide to
consume dairy, here is what it should be:
Raw, unpasteurized, and untreated.
Grass-fed/grass-finished.
Full fat.

If it doesnt fit those criteria, its not Bulletproof. All dairy can be inflammatory except ghee. Make sure you tolerate it by removing it from the diet for at least 14
days and then reintroducing it. Some people tolerate goat dairy better than cow
dairy.

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The Bulletproof Diet Shopping List

You dont have to buy everything on the list. This is meant to provide you with
options so you can choose from the choices in your area.
The following foods are all on either the green zone or the yellow zon e of the Bulletproof Diet. They are ordered from best to least preferable.

Protein
Muscle Meats
1.Beef.
2.Lamb.
3.Bison.
4.Goat.
5.Eggs (not omega-3 enriched).
6.Pork.
7.Goose.
8.Duck.
9.Turkey.

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Seafood
1.Salmon.
2.Anchovies.
3.Haddock.
4.Cod.
5.Crab. (real, fresh, not fake)
6.Lobster.
7.Mussels
8.Oysters.
9.Flounder.
10.Tilapia.
11.Trout.
Organ Meats (from grass fed animals only)
1.Liver (beef, lamb, goat, fish).
2.Kidneys.
3.Heart.
4.Tongue.
5.Bone marrow.
6.Joints (soup bones).

Oils & Fats

1.Grass-fed butter.
2.Clarified butter (ghee).
3.Coconut oil.
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4.Coconut milk (preferably without guar gum and in a BPA free can).
5.MCT oil.
6.Extra virgin olive oil.
7.Lard & animal fat (only from grass-finished animals, hard to find)
8.Avocado oil.
9.Cocoa butter. (90% cocoa chocolate also works. Lindt is our favorite.)
10.Coconut flesh.

Leafy / Staple Vegetables

1.Spinach.
2.Parsley.
3.Bok Choy.
4.Brussels Sprouts.
5.Collards.
6.Cilantro.
7.Celery.
8.Cucumber.
9.Fennel.
10.Artichokes.
11.Carrots (limited amount)

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Roots, Tubers & Safe Carbs

If youre an athlete, this is where you get your carbs.
1.Carrots.
2.Winter Squash.
3.Sweet potatoes.
4.Yams.
5.Rutabaga.
6.Cassava.
7.White rice*
*Its better to avoid all grains, but most people can tolerate white rice a few times
a week.

Fruits
If you dont like fruit or are trying to lose fat, skip them, or only buy berries and
other low sugar fruits.
1.Lemons, limes.
2.Tomatoes (it has seeds, so its a fruit).
3.Berries. (strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, cranberries, blueberries.)
4.Melons. (cantaloupe, honeydew.)
5.Citrus. (grapefruit, oranges)
6.Peach, nectarine, etc.
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Nuts & Seeds

Nuts are not a low toxin food because they spoil very quickly once shelled, and
mold contamination is a *major* issue with nuts. Choose raw nuts and keep them
frozen or at least refrigerated. Soaking nuts for at least 18 hours before eating
will reduce some toxins, but not mold toxins. Your safest bet is to buy nuts in the
shell. I dont eat many nuts because I find that 2/3 of the ones I buy have enough
toxins to affect how I feel, and theyre not convenient to soak or crack.
1.Coconut (fresh young is best, followed by dried)
2.Almonds.
3.Cashews
4.Brazil Nuts.
5.Hazelnuts.
6.Macadamia Nuts.
7.Pecans.
8.Pistachios.
9.Pine Nuts.
10.Chia seeds.

Dairy
Dairy is really easy. Dont deviate from this list!
1.Grass-fed butter. (Kerry Gold, Anchor, or another brand that is 100% grass fed)
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2.Raw/ grass-fed/ full-fat cream (if youve verified that you tolerate it)

Spices & Flavorings

Powdered spices are often contaminated with mold. Buy leaf/herb based spices
and high quality powdered spices.
1.Apple cider vinegar.
2.Himalayan pink salt.
3.Unmodified, unadulterated, pure sea salt.
4.Ginger.
5.Cilantro.
6.Parsley.
7.Oregano.
8.Turmeric.
9.Rosemary.
10.Lavender.
11.Thyme.
12.Sage.
13.Cinnamon.
14.Allspice.
15.Cloves.

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Coffee
The right coffee can be good for you. The wrong coffee makes you weak. To get
all the benefits of coffee without the drawbacks, I spent over ten years searching
for the highest performance coffee on earth. Because of this attention to detail,
the only coffee I 100% recommend is Bulletproof Upgraded Coffee. You can
learn more about it by clicking here.
But youre at the grocery store, and they dont carry it. DO NOT buy any coffee at
the grocery story, even a trendy one. Instead, follow the extensive instructions on
the site that tell you how to identify the safest coffee in your city.
I cant stress this enough. 91.7% of coffee has mold in it. Dont mess around with
bad coffee. Life is too short, and you are too important to drink bad coffee.

Sweeteners (optional)
These three sweeteners are fine, but they are usually cheaper online.
1.Stevia.
2.Erythritol.
3.Xylitol NOT corn sourced. Needs to come from hardwood.
There is no benefit to using the following chemicals, and there is substantial risk:
Aspartame, Sucralose, Acelsulfame potassium (Ace-K), Cweet, and Neotame.
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Recommended Products
When it comes to selecting food, its best to buy it from the person who made it.
Barring that, some manufacturers have higher quality and standards than others.
These are some of the companies and products I have found to make the grade.
I carry a few of these products on UpgradedSelf.com as a way to support the
cost of running the blog that serves about 50,000 people per month for free. I
totally appreciate your patronage.
I only stock (or create) things that meet my obsessive standards for high perfo rmance and health, which is why I had to create my own shop in the first place. Ive
spent years selecting, formulating, and testing these products. You can find a full
list of these things at UpgradedSelf.com.

Coffee
Bulletproof Upgraded Coffee Beans
(sorry for the shameless plug, but these are literally the highest performing coffee
beans on the face of the planet)

Chocolate
Lindt 99% Dark Chocolate
Lindt 90% Dark Chocolate
Lindt 85% Dark Chocolate

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Coconut Milk & Coconut Cream

Wilderness Family Naturals
NOT their coconut milk powder, which as denatured cow milk protein. Bleah.

Coconut Oil
Extra Virgin Coconut Oil

Organic Erythritol
(Non Corn Based Form)

Grass-Fed Butter
Kerrygold Irish Butter
Anchor Butter

Grass-Finished Meat (and wild caught seafood)

U.S. Wellness Meats

Salt
Himalayan Pink Sea Salt

Stevia
SweetLeaf Stevia

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A Final Note
Hopefully this list has been helpful. We are constantly trying to make these ideas
more accessible and simpler so as many people can benefit as possible.
Thank you so much for taking the time to pursue your own Bulletproof perfo rmance and support The Bulletproof Executive Blog. I appreciate each and every
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