clean eating

Acg67

I still have no idea what people mean when they blab on about 'clean eating'. Especially since the most vocal proponents seem to love chugging protein shakes, multivitamin supplements etc. It just seems like a self-righteous way of trying to avoid cakes, sweets, biscuits and fast food.

I don't know why it would seem "self-righteous" but yes, it would mean avoiding overly processed foods like most store bought cakes, sweets, biscuits and fast food.

Exactly. I shop the perimeter of the grocery store. Nothing boxed, frozen, or canned. Everything is homemade. Anything I buy has 5 ingredients or less. Clean eating is the best way to go. and who says protein shakes can't be clean? I buy the ones with all natural ingredients.

HFCS contains all natural ingredients, so using your logic it must be clean

Loulady

Why make snarky comments to someone who is eating healthy? Let’s not confuse being a habitual contrarian with being instructive or helpful.

Hi, welcome to MFP. :flowerforyou:

Joehenny

There is no such thing as clean eating.

Also your results are from reduced caloric intake, not clean eating.

You can get fat on clean foods too.

In for moral superiority because of "clean eating" crowd.

juliegrey1

I dont know to be honest whether I eat clean or not,what is not clean??? I cook everything from scratch all my groceries are the raw materials I need to cook with flour,butter,milk,buttermilk ect,I make most of my own bread dont use any packaged food aside from tinned tomato's ,while Im waiting for my own crop to ripen,grow my own fruit and veg,I dont know why you would call this clean this is the way we have always lived and if you eat too much you will gain weight,I feel myself and I do not claim any sort of expertise that the biggest culprit in weight gain is the soft drinks industry,I keep small bottles of water in the fridge,my kids take these to drink if they are thirsty also in the school lunch boxes,I gained weight not because my diet is bad but I just eat too much so keeping an eye on that is helping!you are what you eat is very true!!!!

tjthegreatone

I still have no idea what people mean when they blab on about 'clean eating'. Especially since the most vocal proponents seem to love chugging protein shakes, multivitamin supplements etc. It just seems like a self-righteous way of trying to avoid cakes, sweets, biscuits and fast food.

I don't know why it would seem "self-righteous" but yes, it would mean avoiding overly processed foods like most store bought cakes, sweets, biscuits and fast food.

Exactly. I shop the perimeter of the grocery store. Nothing boxed, frozen, or canned. Everything is homemade. Anything I buy has 5 ingredients or less. Clean eating is the best way to go. and who says protein shakes can't be clean? I buy the ones with all natural ingredients.

HFCS contains all natural ingredients, so using your logic it must be clean

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Quite. And the rules are STILL seeming arbitrary. 'Five or fewer ingredients', 'natural ingredients', 'avoid middle aisles', 'organic only'. Still missing a consensus. My comment about self-righteousness was just that - there is far too much snobbery and moral superiority - I'm yet to see any information on why boxed, canned or frozen foods are so evil. Presumably those protein shakes and multivitamins come in some kind of packaging.