Starting CLEAN (eating that is). HELP!

abr25

So i am reading Jillian's Book: Master Your Metabolism, and I really want to start slowly eating cleaner. I know its hard to do a 180 and change EVERYTHING right away...but where are some good places to start? Kind of lost lol...

re_define

I read that book a few weeks back and it completely changed my view on food. I just started by slowly introducing more organic food into my diet (whole grains, organic veggies and lean protein). The organic aisles at Martins have become my best tool in my quest to more organic eating :happy: You should check to see if any supermarkets around you offer something like that. I'm pretty sure other chains do it as well (Martins is owned by Giant). Now I can tell a difference if I eat anything that's not organic or considered a "whole" food. It is a little bit more expensive than processed food but definitely worth it.

PureAndHealthy

1. Find a local farm. Google "eat local <your city,St>"

2. Try eating one meal a day that doesn't come from a box or can... things that grew from the earth.

3. Ignore the past couple weeks (out of town and recovering) but before then, check out my food diary for whole foods options. I eat pretty clean and have to be able to do it on a budget.

4. When you want to eat something like... waffles... don't buy a box of them. They're SO easy! Pull out your flour, eggs, milk, baking powder, and applesauce (or oil) and voila! Taste better, costs less, and no chemicals, preservatives, or artificial anything. Before you know it, you'll be pulling out stone ground whole wheat flour, cage free eggs, aluminum-free baking powder, and unsweetened organic applesauce, and topping it with organic blueberries from the local farm and real maple syrup or raw honey. :bigsmile:

SusieSonshine

Just a li'l tip on pure maple syrup: Grade A is the most refined, so Grade B, or even C (if you can find it) has more nutrients, ergo, a better choice! (Trader Joe's carries Grade

:flowerforyou:

ivykivy

Kinda OT but I have been looking at this too or rather the difference between eating clean and eating whole food.

For example dried beans wouldn't be clean because the use chemicals and they are processed but they are considered whole food.

Soy milk is unclean and not a whole food but cow or goat milk is clean and whole


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Eating Clean: What Exactly Is It?

The basics of Clean Eating are simple:

* Eat a wide-variety of whole, unrefined and unprocessed foods in a form that’s as close as possible to how the foods appear in nature
* Avoid processed sugars, especially sugary beverages like soda
* Avoid saturated fat and trans fats, and instead substitute healthy, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats
* Always combine complex carbohydrates with lean protein and some healthy fats at every meal
* Spread your food out over 5-6 smaller meals, consumed every 2-3 hours
* Eat for maximum nutrient density. In other words, avoid “empty” calories found in fast food, soda, snacks, cakes and cookies, and substitute in nutrient-dense snacks.
* Pay attention to proper portions and practice portion control
* Drink lots of water (at least 8 cups a day.)

Pretty simple.
http://www.answerfitness.com/204/clean-eating-eating-clean-answer-fitness/
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jbwegner

Kinda OT but I have been looking at this too or rather the difference between eating clean and eating whole food.

For example dried beans wouldn't be clean because the use chemicals and they are processed but they are considered whole food.

Soy milk is unclean and not a whole food but cow or goat milk is clean and whole


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Eating Clean: What Exactly Is It?

The basics of Clean Eating are simple:

* Eat a wide-variety of whole, unrefined and unprocessed foods in a form that’s as close as possible to how the foods appear in nature
* Avoid processed sugars, especially sugary beverages like soda
* Avoid saturated fat and trans fats, and instead substitute healthy, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats
* Always combine complex carbohydrates with lean protein and some healthy fats at every meal
* Spread your food out over 5-6 smaller meals, consumed every 2-3 hours
* Eat for maximum nutrient density. In other words, avoid “empty” calories found in fast food, soda, snacks, cakes and cookies, and substitute in nutrient-dense snacks.
* Pay attention to proper portions and practice portion control
* Drink lots of water (at least 8 cups a day.)

Pretty simple.
http://www.answerfitness.com/204/clean-eating-eating-clean-answer-fitness/
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Why is soy milk neither clean or whole? Even if it's organic it's not clean/whole?

ivykivy

It isn't clean because it is processed and has added chemicals. If you made your own it could be clean. However I see clean eaters use soy milk so I guess they either make it or make exclusions.
This is just my interpretation from reading about clean eating, though. Perhaps others gage the amount of processing of the item in determining whether an item is clean.

Kinda OT but I have been looking at this too or rather the difference between eating clean and eating whole food.

For example dried beans wouldn't be clean because the use chemicals and they are processed but they are considered whole food.

Soy milk is unclean and not a whole food but cow or goat milk is clean and whole


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Eating Clean: What Exactly Is It?

The basics of Clean Eating are simple:

* Eat a wide-variety of whole, unrefined and unprocessed foods in a form that’s as close as possible to how the foods appear in nature
* Avoid processed sugars, especially sugary beverages like soda
* Avoid saturated fat and trans fats, and instead substitute healthy, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats
* Always combine complex carbohydrates with lean protein and some healthy fats at every meal
* Spread your food out over 5-6 smaller meals, consumed every 2-3 hours
* Eat for maximum nutrient density. In other words, avoid “empty” calories found in fast food, soda, snacks, cakes and cookies, and substitute in nutrient-dense snacks.
* Pay attention to proper portions and practice portion control
* Drink lots of water (at least 8 cups a day.)

Pretty simple.
http://www.answerfitness.com/204/clean-eating-eating-clean-answer-fitness/
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Why is soy milk neither clean or whole? Even if it's organic it's not clean/whole?