What is Clean Eating?
Clean eating is a long-term lifestyle, not a diet. The word diet should be eliminated from your vocabulary as they do not work long term. It is no coincidence that the first three letters of diet are die.
A clean eating program will provide you and your family with a strong immune system, ideal weight range for your gender, height, and weight along with offsetting potential symptoms of depression long term.
Eliminate anything rich, sugary, or highly processed. Avoid fried foods, fast foods and snacks that only provide empty calories rather than nutrition. Do not purchase foods with high fructose corn syrup, partially hydrogenated oils, food colorings or preservatives. Also, make sure to educate your children by showing them how to read labels about what’s in their food.
Your focus should be on whole foods and if possible free of GMO and cides. Read the signs in stores where they are displayed. Again, you should avoid eating foods that come in a box, bag or can. A good rule of thumb is that fresh produce should fill up 80% of your cart.
Be adventurous: Incorporate new vegetables and fruits that you may not have had in the past. Add Kale, and collard greens, jicama, and grated turmeric. Learn about super foods and add fermented food to help you get your gut healthier.
Absolutely Chiqueta! It is a lifestyle choice made gradually toward adopting healthier eating habits.
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9 年I agree. I learned a long time ago that when you think of dieting, you are just thinking of taking temporary action which leads to temporary results but if you change how you see food and understand how food can help you live better than you reinventing your life and how you relate to food.
Thanks Chris!
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9 年Great article and so true
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9 年I've been a fan of "eating clean" for 10+ years. My philosophy is to aim for foods with 4 or fewer ingredients and none of which are chemicals I cannot even pronounce. I'm a really big fan of "single-ingredient" foods like ones you recommend. Remember, it's ok to combine single-ingredient foods such as oatmeal, walnuts and raisins. I also always aim for a protein, a carb and a fat at every meal and live by the ratio of foods. For example, peanut butter has twice as much fat as protein so it counts as a fat. Get your protein elsewhere.