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Grocery Hall (and Why I Am Mainly a Starchivore)
A quick grocery haul explaining why Joe calls himself a starchivore: starches are the economical way to power a body, plus his two shopping rules and a case for Mayocoba beans.
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The economics of a starch-first basket
A three-and-a-half-minute grocery haul that doubles as a manifesto. Joe calls himself a "starchivore" — or "starchitarian" — and grounds it in economics rather than nutrition doctrine: starches and fruits are the cheapest way to fill the planet and power a body, and he prefers them even though he can afford otherwise. Tasting sweet, he says, exists for a reason. He also gives a pointed plug to Goya, inviting viewers to look up the brand's news coverage and acknowledging some will disagree with his support.
Two shopping rules come with the tour. Buy in smaller quantities, since big hauls waste money and you forget something anyway. And shop satiated, never hungry, because hunger takes down decision-making power.
The basket itself is unapologetically mixed: pad Thai noodles, Top Ramen (which he concedes is the worst thing in it), syrup, chickpeas, mushrooms, corn, bananas, grapes, carrots for juicing, and a single flesh food — canned sardines. The centerpiece is Mayocoba beans, which Joe claims are among the best foods in the world for reactive hypoglycemia, diabetes, and metabolic conditions: cooked and eaten for several days alongside chromium drops and completely raw oatmeal, he says they leave sugar in the liver that stimulates and mimics low-level insulin. That mechanism is Joe's own nutritional account, offered as an update to an earlier video.