Post your definition of clean eating here.

_noob_
_noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
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I'll start. Whole foods.

Fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts, whole grains, legumes, leaner meats, dairy with only natural sugars. Certain processed proteins or fats/oils.

No qualifications for only organic anything as I believe that at the point that whole foods make up most of the diet the minuscule (at best) health benefits don't matter anyway.

All/most of your nutrition should come from the diet and without need for supplement.

Nutrition should come from the diet and diet should be balanced containing a variety of foods for dietary safety.

Once nutrition goals are satisfied room for discretionary calories/foods is not detrimental to the overall diet.


There's my philosophy to this whole shebang. What's yours?
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  • Krys_140
    Krys_140 Posts: 648 Member
    I wash most of the fruits and vegetables I eat, most of the time.
  • kmartinixx
    kmartinixx Posts: 197
    Eating after I take a shower.
  • cmcollins001
    cmcollins001 Posts: 3,472 Member
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  • kmartinixx
    kmartinixx Posts: 197
    :laugh: :laugh: Haha totally kidding. And yes I'm laughing at my own joke!
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    This:
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  • coolraul07
    coolraul07 Posts: 1,606 Member
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  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
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  • BeachGingerOnTheRocks
    BeachGingerOnTheRocks Posts: 3,927 Member
    Eating off a plate the kids didn't wash.

    And that stuff you listed, except I call it IIFYM.
  • stepcoop123
    stepcoop123 Posts: 1
    Totally agree. I think it is eating simply and leaving out processed foods. Doesn't necessarily have to be organic to be clean. Also I feel being as raw as possible is imprtant in clean eating.:smile::smile:
  • froyojr
    froyojr Posts: 60
    I had never heard of clean eating before I came here a week ago. Although, most organic foods I get come with soil and sometimes critters and aphids attached.
  • Illona88
    Illona88 Posts: 903 Member
    Foods with 1 ingredient.
  • elawoman72
    elawoman72 Posts: 76 Member
    no processed food AKA born that way....as in fruit, vegetables, nuts/seeds, whole grains, natural proteins/fats.
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    In our house we have a rule, it's not dirty until you drop it 3 times. As long as it hasn't been dropped or only been dropped twice it's clean.
  • PoopieMonster
    PoopieMonster Posts: 295 Member
    No hairs or beard sweat.
  • Akimajuktuq
    Akimajuktuq Posts: 3,037 Member
    A lifestyle based on unprocessed foods. (wow, that was HARD, quit making me work my brain)
  • iAMsmiling
    iAMsmiling Posts: 2,394 Member
    A lifestyle based on unprocessed foods. (wow, that was HARD, quit making me work my brain)

    You think that was hard?
    Now, define "unprocessed."
  • a_mandolin_
    a_mandolin_ Posts: 336 Member
    5 second rule. But it is 5 seconds after I see it, then decide to put it in my mouth. No need to be hasty with such decisions.

    Though that has backfired on me several times. I don't vacuum often, some stuff is pretty old... a few times I don't think it was even food.
  • jamielynas
    jamielynas Posts: 366 Member
    spraying my food with windex
  • a_mandolin_
    a_mandolin_ Posts: 336 Member
    I ate pizza out of the garbage when I was a child. I was mad my parents had it when I was at dance class and they didn't save any for me. I had to prove to them they couldn't keep me down, no matter how hard they tried. I will not suffer from these injustices anymore, I WILL EAT THE PIZZA! It might have been on the top, but it definitely was not on top of a wrapper. Once you get grosser than Constanza, I don't think you are ever allowed to say you eat clean.
  • AlongCame_Molly
    AlongCame_Molly Posts: 2,835 Member
    "Unnecessarily cutting foods out of your diet that don't meet a vague definition, even when they could fit your macros and be part of a healthy, nutritious and sustainable diet."
  • SpeSHul_SnoflEHk
    SpeSHul_SnoflEHk Posts: 6,256 Member
    These guys are going to eat at the Clean Eating Diner just out of the photo to the right....

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  • sixout
    sixout Posts: 3,128 Member
    Oh no. A second thread.
  • SpeSHul_SnoflEHk
    SpeSHul_SnoflEHk Posts: 6,256 Member
    A lifestyle based on unprocessed foods. (wow, that was HARD, quit making me work my brain)

    You think that was hard?
    Now, define "unprocessed."

    All food is processed. Picking coul dbe seen as processing food.
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  • rowanwood
    rowanwood Posts: 509 Member
    Eating naked.

    Oh wait, that's dirty dirty eating. Nevermind.
  • stadter
    stadter Posts: 13 Member
    LMAO at some of the answers!

    My definition... Limiting the number of ingredients that I am unable to pronounce or need the assistance of Google to define.
  • EmmaKarney
    EmmaKarney Posts: 690 Member
    Foods with ingredients that aren't actually food. In other words ingredients I couldn't buy individually from a food shop and recreate at home.

    E.g chicken nuggets. Don't think Waitrose sells reclaimed chicken LOLZ.
  • iAMsmiling
    iAMsmiling Posts: 2,394 Member
    LMAO at some of the answers!

    My definition... Limiting the number of ingredients that I am unable to pronounce or need the assistance of Google to define.

    Through the appropriate use of phonics, I'm able to pronounce almost all ingredients I've ever seen listed...thereby rendering them clean and safe.
  • a_mandolin_
    a_mandolin_ Posts: 336 Member
    LMAO at some of the answers!

    My definition... Limiting the number of ingredients that I am unable to pronounce or need the assistance of Google to define.

    Through the appropriate use of phonics, I'm able to pronounce almost all ingredients I've ever seen listed...thereby rendering them clean and safe.

    Hooked on Phonics worked for you?

    Edit - I mean hook-ed on pa-hon-iks. I miss those ads :(
  • iAMsmiling
    iAMsmiling Posts: 2,394 Member
    LMAO at some of the answers!

    My definition... Limiting the number of ingredients that I am unable to pronounce or need the assistance of Google to define.

    Through the appropriate use of phonics, I'm able to pronounce almost all ingredients I've ever seen listed...thereby rendering them clean and safe.

    Hooked on Phonics worked for you?

    That and being married to an elementary school teacher.

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