Clean eating?

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  • karbar75
    karbar75 Posts: 25 Member
    I completely agre that "clean" is an arbitrary term and means really different things to different people, but I think the gist is to go with as unprocessed, un-chemically altered foods as necessary and to choose whole grains over white flours and to steer away from sugars and other sweeteners that raise your blood sugar. That's my take on it anyway, in addition to making sure my caloric/nutrient/fitness habits make sense. I have been on mfp for a while, but just recently decided to try for a "cleaner" lifestyle and was hoping to friend some of the folks here that are doing the same so I can get as many ideas/meal plans/recipes as I can to help me along the way. As long as what you're doing is healthy, I think that is the important thing.
  • hopsonc24
    hopsonc24 Posts: 143 Member
    Clean eating: Does it grow from the ground or come from a mother. If so, its clean.

    Fruits, veggies, beans (they all grow from the ground) meat and eggs (comes from a mother)
    Nothing processed

    As whole as you can eat.

    So butter, cooking oils etc are all out?

    I can not speak for clean eating experts. For me personally butter is out, I use coconut oil or EVOO, its not processed and its as close to whole as you can get (being its just the pressed olive or coconut) and to me it the best option. It really depends on how strict you choose to be.
  • hopsonc24
    hopsonc24 Posts: 143 Member
    Clean eating: Does it grow from the ground or come from a mother. If so, its clean.

    Fruits, veggies, beans (they all grow from the ground) meat and eggs (comes from a mother)
    Nothing processed

    As whole as you can eat.

    So butter, cooking oils etc are all out?

    What about bacon grease?
    I can not speak for clean eating experts, but for me, bacon grease in not an option. Cooking with animal fat is not a healthy option. and with bacon in general, I recommend oscar mayer uncured bacon. no artifical preservatives, no nitrates or nitrites.
  • bodyzen
    bodyzen Posts: 122 Member
    For me, I'd call it "clean eating" if it can be eating in it's natural state: fruits, veggies, sprouts, leafy greens etc. I would not call anything processed (includes cooking) or animal products clean...

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