Post your definition of clean eating here.

richardheath

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.

I find having 2 degrees in chemistry-related fields allows me to pronounce any chemical name. Guess that makes them all clean for me too! Better Living Through Chemistry ;-)

Curleycue0314

Eating naked.

Oh wait, that's dirty dirty eating. Nevermind.

Or is it clean... You don't have to clean any clothes to wash...Just yourself

Bikini27

Here (via Livestrong.com):

Clean eating is a diet program based on the idea that the best way to eat is to abundantly enjoy whole foods -- that is, foods as close to their natural state and you can get them. This means eating fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains and lean proteins instead of pre-packaged, processed foods or fast food. Clean eating is also committed to replacing saturated fats with healthy fats. Many on the plan don't count calories, but instead trust in good quality, healthy food.

Step 1

Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables. Choose fresh, unprocessed foods over canned or processed products. Clean eating enthusiasts believe that we were meant to survive on fresh fruits and vegetables and that processing them reduces their nutritional value and fiber content and adds salt, fat, sugar and chemicals. Choose fruit instead of fruit juice and if you must pick a processed vegetable, frozen is always better than canned.

Step 2

Balance protein and complex carbohydrates. Incorporate whole grains like brown rice or millet over processed grains. Eat lean meats, and choose organic or grass fed meats when possible as these foods are usually clean of pesticides, hormones and additives. Grill, broil or steam your meats rather than frying.

Step 3

Avoid sodas and high calorie, sugary drinks. Follow the tenant of clean eating that aims to remove added sugars from the diet. Choose water or tea for your beverages, or juice your own fruits and vegetables and enjoy them without added sugars or preservatives.

Step 4

Trade bad fats for good fats. One of the most important aspects of clean eating is removing saturated fats from the diet. Lower your saturated fat intake by avoiding fast food, choosing lean cuts of meat and getting your fat calories from foods like nuts and fatty fish.

Step 5

Eat several small meals to keep blood sugar stable and to avoid overeating. Choose snacks like nuts, low-fat or fat free dairy and fruits and vegetables. Note that some people who live a clean eating lifestyle don't eat dairy products while others adapt clean eating to a vegetarian lifestyle.


Honestly, you can make almost any meal "clean", including pie. It's just substituting ingredients....mostly your run of the mill pie made with the easy to find stuff at Wally World is turned clean by replacing and adding a half a dozen more ingredients to provide the flavor minus the "bad" stuff.

It's a choice, it can be a lifestyle, it's not the end of the world if you eat at McDonalds or have a beer (#1 reason I am not a true Clean Eater....I'm.....let's call it spiritual....).

I do feel better when I eat foods I make versus the Lean Pockets and Smart Ones in the frozen aisle. To each their own.

Lochlyn_D

Nothing that comes in a box, bag, can or jar.

If it isn't fresh, don't put it in your mouth!

twinketta

Nothing that comes in a box, bag, can or jar.

If it isn't fresh, don't put it in your mouth!

But how does it work with beer/wine/spirits? :sad:

juliegrey1

Yeah love your ideas and agree wholeheartedly with you,would like to add,avoid products containing Aspartame and as much transfats as you can!
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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meeper123

If god didn't make it and I didn't make it I don't eat it

kaddydaddy

Cleaning all the food off my plate... And sometimes other people's plates.


And sometimes the remaining bits of food left in the pan, pot, etc...


Licking the plate.

blytheandbonnie

A lifestyle based on unprocessed foods. (wow, that was HARD, quit making me work my brain)

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

Making my organic, raw, dressing free salad was a process... can I still eat it?

iAMsmiling

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.

I find having 2 degrees in chemistry-related fields allows me to pronounce any chemical name. Guess that makes them all clean for me too! Better Living Through Chemistry ;-)

I wonder, if you were to read the ingredients out loud, would that make them clean for someone else to eat them?
Could we, in fact, clean all of the world's food by pronouncing additive names over a huge loudspeaker?

cwolfman13

When I think "clean" I generally think of natural, whole foods...essentially, lots of this....



and this....



So long as you are getting your proper nutrition though, feel free to indulge in some of this occasionlly...



or this...



just don't make a lifestyle out of this...



And make sure you do plenty of this...



and some of this (or equivalent)...



and not too much of this...



And you should be good to go...

PomegranatePriestess

Nothing that comes in a box, bag, can or jar.

If it isn't fresh, don't put it in your mouth!

But how does it work with beer/wine/spirits? :sad:

Bottles were not listed, so you're all set. :drinker:

Capt_Apollo

asking if the cashier at McDonalds has washed his hands.




who am i kidding, i'd still eat it.

AmykinsCatfood

What I probably will never completely do.. I don't like the sounds of it.. sounds like a cult or something.

soldier4242

This:

This is fantastic.

meeper123

This:

This is fantastic.

ROLF

meeper123

What I probably will never completely do.. I don't like the sounds of it.. sounds like a cult or something.

hehe!!!

Bikini27

When I think "clean" I generally think of natural, whole foods...essentially, lots of this....



and this....



So long as you are getting your proper nutrition though, feel free to indulge in some of this occasionlly...



or this...



just don't make a lifestyle out of this...



And make sure you do plenty of this...



and some of this (or equivalent)...



and not too much of this...



And you should be good to go...

:drinker:

DavPul

maiaroman18

making sure I'm eating off of clean plates, with clean utensils, and cooking out of clean pans/pots/bowls/etc...

And if I remember to wash my fruits/vegetables.

I don't eat a lot of prepackaged foods or fast food because of food allergies, not because I'm concerned that they aren't "clean."

khall86790

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.

Feel your pain. This has happened to me before.

khall86790

This guy has GOT THIS.
Well, looks like my Friday night is mapped out now.

ldrosophila

Minimal amount of fecal contamination than allowed by the FDA.

PcShed

For me, keep it simple, no processed foods, try to get everything whole and fresh and when cooking steam or pressure cook meat/fish so retains the flavour.
For me sugars are evil (used to drink 10+coffees a day with 2 sugars) and always eat something new every week than you have not had before.

hungrypotato

Clean eating to me is just portion control, I eat anything I want as long as I don't stuff my face

magerum

Rosplosion

I hesistate to reply to a thread like this. I don't like terms like "clean eating" because they imply that other eating is dirty or lesser than. IMO this is true, but we all have different perspectives on truth and different reactions to it.



My reasons for changing my diet are beyone just looking good. I want to look good, of course. But I also want to improve my chances of avoiding disease. So for me, changing my diet is useless if I am eating lots of crap.



So I try my best to fill my diet with whole, minimally processed foods. And please, stop with the inane debate on the meaning of "whole" and "processed" foods. Thou dost protest too much.