Why are trips to the grocery store always so chaotic? Even if you go in with a shopping list, it’s easy to get distracted by sales or seasonal snacks, and before you know it, your cart is full of random things. To make matters worse, once you bring everything home, it often still feels like you have nothing to eat.

It’s why people are quickly falling in love with the “5-4-3-2-1 method” that’s going viral on TikTok. The idea is to keep these numbers in mind as you go shopping and buy five vegetables, four fruits, three proteins, two starches, and one item that’s just for fun.

This approach is meant to take the guesswork out of shopping, says Linda Lin , a nutritionist and herbalist, and in turn helps prevent overwhelm. “There are so many choices in stores, and it’s easy to fill your c

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