Shara Catrice Prophet

Owner/Gourmet Food Specialist

Creative Development

 Shara Prophet is the owner of, and gourmet food specialist for The Gaia Goodness Company, as well as the creator of the Gaia Goodness signature gourmet Banana Mango Ketchup. 
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Shara Prophet is a healthy food advocate, food enthusiast and entrepreneur as well as the owner of, and gourmet food specialist for The Gaia Goodness Company. She is also the mastermind behind the innovative and exotic Gaia Goodness signature product Banana Mango Ketchup.

Shara's experience working as a nutrition educator increased her awareness of what's really happening in the food industry. She was inspired to turn her passion for making simple, honest, healthy, delicious, and unique gourmet foods like Banana Mango Ketchup, into a business so she started The Gaia Goodness Company in August 2013.

The Gaia Goodness Company is a vehicle to not only deliver high quality goods, but provide education to all communities about how to live a healthy, whole lifestyle, mind, body, and spirit. Shara supports the sustainable and local food movement and a percentage of sales of Gaia Goodness products will go to the RootDown LA organization and the St. Francis Center food pantry.

Shara has been passionate about food since she was a little girl. She picked up her culinary skills by watching and helping her grandmother prepare everything from fresh baked yeast rolls to homemade snow ice cream and canning fruits and vegetables. Things were a lot slower back then. In today's fast paced world, there's rarely time for a good home cooked meal, let alone making ice cream and canning.

The fast food options that bombard the city blocks and grocery shelves are the reason Shara returned to her roots and started making her own food and sauces from scratch. She became conscious of what is in food especially condiments like ketchup, bbq sauce, marinades and salad dressings. Nasty chemicals and additives like corn syrup, refined sugar, aspartame, sodium, soy lecithin (genetically modified soy), and maltodextrin (genetically modified corn or potato) can hide out in these sauces and sneak their way into most diets. And yes, especially the fat, sugar, and cholesterol free brands! These ingredients contribute to a host of health issues like diabetes, obesity, Cancer, and the leading cause of death in America, heart disease.

After witnessing her loved ones suffer from and even die from these diseases, Shara noticed the first thing their doctors suggested upon diagnosis was to change their diet. This awakened something inside of Shara and she became passionate about getting reconnected to real food and spreading the word about the importance of eating whole foods - food that comes straight from the source and is not processed, and reading all ingredient labels on packaged foods.

Shara's rule of thumb is, if the label lists more than 5-10 ingredients and you cannot pronounce the words, then leave that "food imposter" right on the shelf and look for something that contains all natural ingredients. That's how simple it is. Remember, the body knows how to process real foods that have their own nutrients because the body produces those same nutrients naturally.

How does Shara know this stuff? Well, research and common sense for one and the other comes from knowledge she gained while working as a healthy cooking instructor/program coordinator with a non-profit organization called RootDown LA. This organization gets kids and adults to "eat their veggies." They also offer an open forum where the community can discuss issues affecting our society like food deserts, food insecurity, lack of access to nutritious fresh produce in low income neighborhoods, and how to divert dollars back into the community through urban food businesses.

Having grown up in a food desert, Shara's passion for healthy eating was fueled even more by the RootDown LA mission. She made the transition to a healthier overall lifestyle and became more conscious and aware of the importance of supporting natural and organic food growers and producers like herself. It doesn't stop at food though. Shara also makes her own everyday lifestyle items like skin care products, toothpaste, lotions, hair oils, shampoos, and cleaning products. Now, she wants to share her passion, knowledge, and hand crafted products with the world.
Shara Catrice Prophet
Owner/Gourmet Food Specialist
Creative Development
The Gaia Goodness Company

Website:
thegaiagoodnessco.com

Phone:
2022030266

Address:
Los Angeles, California
United States

Areas of Expertise:
recipe development
healthy gourmet food
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