JJ Virgin4x NYTimes Best Selling Author, Certified Nutrition Specialist, Fitness Hall of Famer

4 Non-Negotiables To Buy At The Grocery Store

18 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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In this short YouTube monologue, JJ Virgin explains her personal grocery‑shopping routine. She emphasizes that she does most of her shopping on her phone, maintains a set of pantry, freezer, and fridge staples, and refreshes fresh produce twice a week. She lists the specific items she never skips: mushrooms (taki and shiitake), broccoli and broccolini, Brussels sprouts, green beans, a rotating selection of berries (blueberries, blackberries, occasionally raspberries), and slightly green bananas. The clip serves as a concise guide to the core foods she considers essential for a healthy diet.

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I get asked all the time, what do I get at the grocery store? Well, first of all, I generally do shopping on my phone, full disclosure. And while I keep some staples in my pantry and freezer and fridge, the things I get fresh twice a week are produce items. And I always have mushrooms. I love my taki and shiitake, broccoli and broccolini, and then Brussels sprouts and green beans. And then for fruit, we keep a steady supply of berries— blueberries, blackberries, sometimes raspberries. They can get and then bananas, and I like to get slightly green bananas.