Clean Eating
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crzycatlady1 wrote: »Wow...I'm just sharing my experience to the OP sorry I'm not knowledgeable enough for all of you...lmao
Enjoy the rest of your day ✌
'Clean' eating is a hot topic around here. It's a very subjective term that has a lot of woo surrounding it (as your previous post pointed out so well). But, to each their own!
OP-you'll have better luck just checking out the clean eating group
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/133-clean-eating-group
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it's def not bs phrase...or is it about just loosing weight....it's just healthier for you...being more mindful of your food will help you in so many areas...losing weight is a happy side effect..trigden1991 wrote: »"Clean" and gluten free are completely different. Gluten is a real thing that you can be intolerant to. "Clean" eating is a BS phrase for people who believe you can't lose weight eating "junk" food.
If you want to lose weight for her graduation, you need a calorie deficit. If you are going to cut out gluten, I would look in the recipe threads for ideas or use google.
Why is it healthier for you? Why are the foods I mentioned in my prior post not consistent with a healthful diet? Why is eating occasional ice cream or cheese in the context of an overall healthy, balanced, nutrient dense diet less healthy than not doing that?
I believe in being mindful of what you eat and eating a healthy diet (and personally I also care about where I source my food and try to eat as seasonally as possible and love cooking from whole ingredients, and have done this for years). But that's not all clean eating is, under the usual definition, so tell me why it's not just a popular buzz phrase but actually would cause me to eat a healthier diet and help me -- as you claim -- please.2 -
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Well I try to eat as clean as I can. Buying minimal amounts of processed foods. No frozen, canned or packaged products. Try to buy whole foods and cook them from scratch yourself. This takes a lot more time but eliminates the chemicals and preservatives added in processed foods. I make more than I need and freeze small portions to reheat later. Like homemade soups, spagetti sauces, enchilada sauce, alfredo sauce, things like this.
When you say you don't buy frozen, do you mean like frozen meals/pizza/etc.? I've always considered frozen or canned fruits and vegetables as clean.3 -
crzycatlady1 wrote: »Wow...I'm just sharing my experience to the OP sorry I'm not knowledgeable enough for all of you...lmao
Enjoy the rest of your day ✌
'Clean' eating is a hot topic around here. It's a very subjective term that has a lot of woo surrounding it (as your previous post pointed out so well). But, to each their own!
OP-you'll have better luck just checking out the clean eating group
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/133-clean-eating-group
I'm seeing that .....yikes
So you now recognize your post is full of woo?0 -
Does anyone follow a clean eating plan. If so how did you get started, my daughter graduates in May from college and I really want to look my best. I have thought about clean eating before but don't know where to start.
Just eat more whole foods and cook/prepare meals from scratch, whole ingredients and minimally processed food stuffs.Well I try to eat as clean as I can. Buying minimal amounts of processed foods. No frozen, canned or packaged products. Try to buy whole foods and cook them from scratch yourself. This takes a lot more time but eliminates the chemicals and preservatives added in processed foods. I make more than I need and freeze small portions to reheat later. Like homemade soups, spagetti sauces, enchilada sauce, alfredo sauce, things like this.
So canned tomatoes and frozen veggies are "dirty"....
This is why this topic is so off the charts stupid...6 -
No, I'm talking about shopping....if I pick up a product is loaded with ingredients esp ones I don't know I don't buy it. A salad I make ...I know the ingredients and that's different... I read so I know what all the chemical names are. I was trying to help her start shopping and incorporating better ingredients. That's all. Don't tax on my gig so hardcore crustersingingflutelady wrote: »
So I guess a salad with more than 5 ingredients is dirty? Why 5? How vast is your knowledge of chemistry? Do you avoid sodium bicarbonate and dihydrogen monoxide because they have "chemical" namesIt's just food that's not processed. I usually say if it has more than 5 indgredients in it or if it has chemical words I don't understand (lol) I don't buy it. Gracious pantry (blog) has some really awesome recipes....Pinterest your butt off....and read!!! Milk for instance is only one ingredient but unless it's organic it's not clean....the antibiotics and rbst in it can make you sick....MSG is allowed to be called a "natural flavor" so I stay away from anything that says that too! so you just have to read read read!!! everyone will be a little different but if you just start incorporating Whole food into your diet you'll be better for it.
On a side note...clean eating (and The Lord) cured my husband of severe asthma!!! Our whole family feels better!
What does that last sentence even mean?
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Clean eating is a term widely used by people who need to simplify nutrition by number of ingredients or have dogma or sell vitamins. If you like science and medicine and want to eat in a way that benefits your personal health, there are some great resources on here. If you want to eat ethically, try Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food.1
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It's just food that's not processed. I usually say if it has more than 5 indgredients in it or if it has chemical words I don't understand (lol) I don't buy it.
Food that has 4 or 3 or 2 ingredients or even one ingredient but has been prepared or changed in some way (i.e., canned tomatoes whose only ingredient is tomatoes, pasta even though made with just wheat and water) is processed. Posts like this confuse me.
Anyway, I guess I never really bought things from the grocery store with lots of ingredients, so this doesn't seem like a change that would be that meaningful to me (I do buy processed things like smoked salmon, cottage cheese, etc.). Now, I make foods with multiple ingredients and I go to local restaurants that also do (in much the same way I would at home). Is there a reason why the former is okay and the latter not?1 -
Need2Exerc1se wrote: »Well I try to eat as clean as I can. Buying minimal amounts of processed foods. No frozen, canned or packaged products. Try to buy whole foods and cook them from scratch yourself. This takes a lot more time but eliminates the chemicals and preservatives added in processed foods. I make more than I need and freeze small portions to reheat later. Like homemade soups, spagetti sauces, enchilada sauce, alfredo sauce, things like this.
When you say you don't buy frozen, do you mean like frozen meals/pizza/etc.? I've always considered frozen or canned fruits and vegetables as clean.
Depending on the time of year frozen veggies and fruit are actually more nutritious than fresh, because they're frozen soon after being harvested, vs being transported across the country
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/reasons-buy-frozen-fruits-veggies/story?id=20683879#1
http://www.arthritis.org/living-with-arthritis/arthritis-diet/healthy-eating/fresh-vs-frozen.php2 -
I've been told I'm doing a clean eating cause I don't do processed food, no gluten or corn or milk products, just lot's of clean meat, veggies, fruits, nuts and seeds.
I don't know what clean eating is but I recommend that diet I'm on.. It's proving to be very effective for me.
Why is dairy "dirty"...there's nothing wrong with gluten unless you actually have an allergy...it's just a protein...corn is a whole food...
Again...this is why this topic is off the charts stupid....4 -
crzycatlady1 wrote: »OP-you'll have better luck just checking out the clean eating group
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/133-clean-eating-group
Actually, although I agree with most of what you say, I disagree with this. OP wants help with gluten free and just cutting down on ultra processed things and cooking more from scratch. Many of us who aren't "clean eaters" can help with cooking more from scratch, and she'll get the most helpful posts, probably, by finding a gluten free group or even changing the title of this one. Clean and gluten free aren't really the same thing at all.1 -
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crzycatlady1 wrote: »Need2Exerc1se wrote: »Well I try to eat as clean as I can. Buying minimal amounts of processed foods. No frozen, canned or packaged products. Try to buy whole foods and cook them from scratch yourself. This takes a lot more time but eliminates the chemicals and preservatives added in processed foods. I make more than I need and freeze small portions to reheat later. Like homemade soups, spagetti sauces, enchilada sauce, alfredo sauce, things like this.
When you say you don't buy frozen, do you mean like frozen meals/pizza/etc.? I've always considered frozen or canned fruits and vegetables as clean.
Depending on the time of year frozen veggies and fruit are actually more nutritious than fresh, because they're frozen soon after being harvested, vs being transported across the country
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/reasons-buy-frozen-fruits-veggies/story?id=20683879#1
http://www.arthritis.org/living-with-arthritis/arthritis-diet/healthy-eating/fresh-vs-frozen.php
Right. And canned tomatoes (which you can get from really high quality tomatoes and without anything else added) are much tastier than out of season tomatoes which I won't buy, as they have no taste.
I find it so odd and, yes, annoying that people go on about the evils of processing and even frozen foods and ignore the fact that (1) the "fresh" produce that many of us get much of the year is no more natural -- it's at best picked early and carted in from far away; and (2) it's certainly no more "natural"--how is it naturally for me to have "fresh" asparagus or tomatoes or zucchini in Chicago in January or bananas and oranges at any time of year, for that matter.
One benefit of processing is that it makes produce much more available at a reasonable price and retaining its nutrients and also makes such things as fish (frozen or smoked or in a tin) available to those of us who don't live where we can get them fresh.3 -
It's just food that's not processed. I usually say if it has more than 5 indgredients in it or if it has chemical words I don't understand (lol) I don't buy it. Gracious pantry (blog) has some really awesome recipes....Pinterest your butt off....and read!!! Milk for instance is only one ingredient but unless it's organic it's not clean....the antibiotics and rbst in it can make you sick....MSG is allowed to be called a "natural flavor" so I stay away from anything that says that too! so you just have to read read read!!! everyone will be a little different but if you just start incorporating Whole food into your diet you'll be better for it.
On a side note...clean eating (and The Lord) cured my husband of severe asthma!!! Our whole family feels better!
I guess that's the benefit of having a chemistry degree - I already know how to pronounce the ingredients, AND I know there is nothing inherently bad about an ingredient that has a chemical name so I get more choices when I go to the store!
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cwolfman13 wrote: »I've been told I'm doing a clean eating cause I don't do processed food, no gluten or corn or milk products, just lot's of clean meat, veggies, fruits, nuts and seeds.
I don't know what clean eating is but I recommend that diet I'm on.. It's proving to be very effective for me.
Why is dairy "dirty"...there's nothing wrong with gluten unless you actually have an allergy...it's just a protein...corn is a whole food...
Again...this is why this topic is off the charts stupid....
Also, why corn? I get that corn is in everything and if you eat lots of ultraprocessed things (which many people who aren't "clean eaters" still don't and never did) you may get far too much, but one of the things I look forward to all year is the abundant fresh corn one gets here (Illinois) in season. People I know have grown it in their gardens in the suburbs, even, although I usually get mine from a local farm I do a CSA with -- why on earth is that more processed than a banana? Because of what we did to corn as a crop? It's not the only thing that is nothing like it was in the wild.2 -
It's just food that's not processed. I usually say if it has more than 5 indgredients in it or if it has chemical words I don't understand (lol) I don't buy it. Gracious pantry (blog) has some really awesome recipes....Pinterest your butt off....and read!!! Milk for instance is only one ingredient but unless it's organic it's not clean....the antibiotics and rbst in it can make you sick....MSG is allowed to be called a "natural flavor" so I stay away from anything that says that too! so you just have to read read read!!! everyone will be a little different but if you just start incorporating Whole food into your diet you'll be better for it.
On a side note...clean eating (and The Lord) cured my husband of severe asthma!!! Our whole family feels better!
OP: ignore the post I quoted. It is complete and utter nonsense.2 -
WinoGelato wrote: »
No, I'm talking about shopping....if I pick up a product is loaded with ingredients esp ones I don't know I don't buy it. A salad I make ...I know the ingredients and that's different... I read so I know what all the chemical names are. I was trying to help her start shopping and incorporating better ingredients. That's all. Don't tax on my gig so hardcore crustersingingflutelady wrote: »
So I guess a salad with more than 5 ingredients is dirty? Why 5? How vast is your knowledge of chemistry? Do you avoid sodium bicarbonate and dihydrogen monoxide because they have "chemical" namesIt's just food that's not processed. I usually say if it has more than 5 indgredients in it or if it has chemical words I don't understand (lol) I don't buy it. Gracious pantry (blog) has some really awesome recipes....Pinterest your butt off....and read!!! Milk for instance is only one ingredient but unless it's organic it's not clean....the antibiotics and rbst in it can make you sick....MSG is allowed to be called a "natural flavor" so I stay away from anything that says that too! so you just have to read read read!!! everyone will be a little different but if you just start incorporating Whole food into your diet you'll be better for it.
On a side note...clean eating (and The Lord) cured my husband of severe asthma!!! Our whole family feels better!
What does that last sentence even mean?
I think she has been watching Pauly Shore movies3 -
Really guys...I'm new to this community...I know better now. Thanks for the education. OP I apologize for any misleading statements I've made.1
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