generic_boxI’m very excited! Topia Greenstop has invited me to spend the day at their Real Café tomorrow. I’ll be sure to take lots of pictures/videos and report back with my impressions.

I’m really looking forward to checking out their selection of preservative free .  Which reminds me — let me give you some background concerning my various digestive special needs. Oh, there are many.

I’ve been allergic to a handful of (such as benzoates, nitrates and sulfites)  since I was about 16 and it makes choosing at a grocery store quite a task.  If I choose wrong I could end up being very sick! Pre-bagged salad leaves me curled up in pain with cold sweat and nausea — talk about an day-ruiner.  And pre-mixed drinks like alcoholic coolers, lemonades, and iced tea? Same story. I’ve left many a backyard BBQ party early due to certain unnamed hard lemonades. *ahem*

On top of being allergic to these I, like my grandmother before me, have diverticulitis.  is a digestive disease which – in layman’s terms – means that my body is creating little pouches in my intestines and deciding to store foods there that it has chosen to not digest. This may or may not prove to be a problem for me in my trials with . Whole grains and fresh fruit and vegetables tend to hurt my stomach but my experience with them is limited to standard grocery store .

, however, pride themselves on natural, organic, and preservative-free — which is great for someone like me! I’m curious to see what a difference organic, preservative-free makes. Be sure to check back for my picture and video tour of the store!

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