"Clean" eating?

Dinah22

I have been reading these boards with interest and have learned a lot. One thing baffles me though; "Clean" eating, there's a lot of it about! Can someone please tell me just what this is? Thanks :embarassed:

dls06

No processed foods. Eating as close to natural as you can. Whole grains, fresh fruits and veggies, nuts,beans,lean meats and fish, Low fat dairy. Mix them up and make a meal. :drinker:

jamiesadler

No processed foods. Eating as close to natural as you can. Whole grains, fresh fruits and veggies, nuts,beans,lean meats and fish, Low fat dairy. Mix them up and make a meal. :drinker:

I was going to say the same also if you cant grow it dont eat it.

Jessica2Skinny

Exactly, if it doesnt grow from the ground, dont eat it.

MarlaChandlerBarton

it means for me mainly raw.... raw in veggies and sprouts...... cutting back on meat and def processed foods cut out.

Dinah22

Thank you all so much. Such a quick response too. Makes sense.......

fteale

I have been reading these boards with interest and have learned a lot. One thing baffles me though; "Clean" eating, there's a lot of it about! Can someone please tell me just what this is? Thanks :embarassed:

While I agree with the sentiment, considering how much of the food available these days is genetically modified, not just recently, but by many centuries of interference and selective breeding, the idea that anything we can eat these days bears any relation to the stuff we would have been eating "naturally" is a bit daft. It depends when you mean. When we were Australopithecine? Homo erectus, or only Homo sapiens? When we lived only in Africa, or after we branched out to the rest of the world? Before or after the inception of farming?

TripleJ3

Clean Eating has to do with eating as much fresh, local and seasonal food as possible. Eating healthy lean proteins and fats and minimizing refined processed things as much as possible. Some people confuse Clean Eating with Raw eating but Clean Eating promotes consuming humanly raised, grass-fed and local meats. You have to cook those things, with Raw Eating you can only heat food up to a certain degree, 115-118 using a food dehydrator only. No stove or microwave.

I eat clean probably about 90% of the time. I occasionally go out to eat or eat a low-sodium canned soup, etc. I don't beat myself up over it and know that I'll never eat 100% clean.

I do it because it wasn't that far from the way I already was eating and I'm more of a quality over quantity sort of person. Everyone has their own views on it and how it fits in their lifestyle!