Questions on "clean eating"? Go ahead and ask!

BrainyBurro

was this a cleverly executed troll thread?

bcattoes

Do people who eat clean make their own kethcup?

Cake from scratch is "clean", right?

Without a true definition one can call anything clean. But generally no, cake is not considered clean because flour is considered overly processed. I suppose if a clean eater wanted ketchup they would need to make it themselves.

bcattoes

QUOTE:
Do you feel you can fit honey into a "clean eating" regimen, as it's been processed by the bees before harvest? If yes, why? If no, what unprocessed sweeteners do you recommend, if any?

Yes, honey may be clean. Some commercials honey may be overly processed but raw honey would certainly fit. Some syrups may also be clean.

Follow-up question (since the original follow-up was never answered): Why is the processing that bees do to make honey "clean" or otherwise different than processing done to make other "dirty" foods? Does "clean" just mean "not processed by humans?"

Yes, more or less it does mean not processed by man. Natural processing such as bees making honey, plants growing from seeds, etc. is not what is meant. And some man processing is usually allowed, such as cooking, butchering, threshing of grains, peeling, etc.

Again, there is are official guidelines or rules. It's more a a belief that the less man is involved in the creation of food ingredients, the better. But naturally for food to make into a human's mouth, some type of involvement by humans is needed. It's not a suggestion that humans graze and eat only what they can without touching it. Some common sense and judgement is involved.