Clean eating...
LadyRoff
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Hello all,
what is clean eating, I have seen it mentioned a lot?
Im new on here and also from the UK so not sure if this is a phrase used elsewhere or just something ive never heard of before?
Alice
what is clean eating, I have seen it mentioned a lot?
Im new on here and also from the UK so not sure if this is a phrase used elsewhere or just something ive never heard of before?
Alice
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Hello all,
what is clean eating, I have seen it mentioned a lot?
Im new on here and also from the UK so not sure if this is a phrase used elsewhere or just something ive never heard of before?
Alice
"Clean eating" is a notion that some people have in their heads that some foods are better (cleaner) than others. For example, pasta + chicken would be a clean meal, whereas pizza wouldn't.0 -
Foods that are minimally processed and organic.
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Clean eating to me is eating whole foods - fruits, veggies, lean meat rather than a lot of stuff from a box.0
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Clean eating is avoiding processed or packaged food, cook or make from fresh ingredients0
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You eat all your meals in the bathtub.0
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It generally means whatever people want to classify as 'healthy' per their own personal food biases. It has no real meaning.
I think the intention is to mean food that is as unprocessed as feasible. But people include things like agave syrup as 'clean' when it's really the exact equivalent as HFCS made from the agave plant. smh.0 -
You put certain foods on a naughty list, and you have to feel bad about yourself if you eat them.0
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You eat all your meals in the bathtub.
Wouldn't that be dirty?0 -
Fifty different people would probably give you 50 different answers. But I look at it as low fat, sugar and refined grains. Anything natural over food that is processed.0
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Hello all,
what is clean eating, I have seen it mentioned a lot?
Im new on here and also from the UK so not sure if this is a phrase used elsewhere or just something ive never heard of before?
Alice
"Clean eating" is a notion that some people have in their heads that some foods are better (cleaner) than others. For example, pasta + chicken would be a clean meal, whereas pizza wouldn't.
This is a good example of the term's vagueness. Pasta may or may not be clean depending on who you talk to. All pasta is processed to some degree.0 -
From what I understand, vegetables and fruit, unprocessed meats, and whole grains. Pretty much the boringest foods you can think of...they are the best for you
I'm not sure if dairy is included, maybe if you can tolerate it. 0 -
Hello all,
what is clean eating, I have seen it mentioned a lot?
Im new on here and also from the UK so not sure if this is a phrase used elsewhere or just something ive never heard of before?
Alice
"Clean eating" is a notion that some people have in their heads that some foods are better (cleaner) than others. For example, pasta + chicken would be a clean meal, whereas pizza wouldn't.
This is a good example of the term's vagueness. Pasta may or may not be clean depending on who you talk to. All pasta is processed to some degree.
Also, what makes the pizza unclean? The dough? The cheese? The sauce?0 -
You eat all your meals in the bathtub.
Wouldn't that be dirty?
Uh, no. I clean my bathtub beforehand, and I use Sensa instead of Comet so it maximizes my results.0 -
Fifty different people would probably give you 50 different answers. But I look at it as low fat, sugar and refined grains. Anything natural over food that is processed.
Your definition would eliminate fruit, nuts, dairy, and many meats.0 -
You eat all your meals in the bathtub.
Wouldn't that be dirty?
Uh, no. I clean my bathtub beforehand, and I use Sensa instead of Comet so it maximizes my results.
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Twice in a day for this one too.
Just can't get enough.
Quote from Layne Norton
"I find the whole idea of ‘clean eating’ pretentious. What exactly defines a food as ‘clean’? Do you spray windex on it? Rub soap on it? I find it a bit preposterous. I’ve been in debates with people promoting ‘clean eating’ but when I ask for a specific scientific definition of what makes a food ‘clean’ they are silent. I think the restrictive diets where you can only eat a half dozen or so foods are not only unhealthy because they don’t give you a diverse intake of nutrients but I believe they promote eating disorders and binging. I see people who ‘eat clean’ during most of the week and then binge on cheesecake, ice cream, and donuts because it’s a ‘cheat’ meal. Oh yea… that is way healthier than eating ‘unclean’ foods in moderation to a hit a specific macronutrient target. *rolleyes* Now that said, I do believe that many IIFYMers (I find it funny that something myself and others been promoting for years gets an acronym attached to it and is now this ‘new’ way of eating LOL) actually go too far in one direction. Most people who origionally promoted targeting macronutrient intakes instead of obsessing about food choices actually eat ‘clean’ foods 95% of the time, we just don’t agonize over having a homemade burrito with a low carb wrap or some reduced calorie ice cream. We see the value of a controlled intake in order to prevent uncontrolled binging. But I do see IIFYM followers who eat as much sugary, high fat foods as they can and wear it like a badge of honor. That is not the point. If you are following a macronutrient intake that is friendly for body composition you will be eating a lot of ‘clean’ foods by default because you will not be able to hit a protein, carb, fat, and fiber intake conducive to body composition improvement if all you eat are high sugar/fat foods. The point is it’s ok to have these foods in small amounts if you are still hitting your goal macronutrient intake."
http://www.shreddedknowledge.com/home/a-talk-with-the-doc-dr-layne-norton/0 -
You eat all your meals in the bathtub.
Wouldn't that be dirty?
Uh, no. I clean my bathtub beforehand, and I use Sensa instead of Comet so it maximizes my results.
I need to try that!!!0 -
Is trying to avoid processed foods.
It wont help you lose weight - calories are calories.
Basically - make your own tea with no ingredients from a jar.0 -
Hello all,
what is clean eating, I have seen it mentioned a lot?
Im new on here and also from the UK so not sure if this is a phrase used elsewhere or just something ive never heard of before?
Alice
"Clean eating" is a notion that some people have in their heads that some foods are better (cleaner) than others. For example, pasta + chicken would be a clean meal, whereas pizza wouldn't.
This is a good example of the term's vagueness. Pasta may or may not be clean depending on who you talk to. All pasta is processed to some degree.
Also, what makes the pizza unclean? The dough? The cheese? The sauce?
I have no idea, but I love me some pizza!! About to eat some pie tonight!0 -
Hello all,
what is clean eating, I have seen it mentioned a lot?
Im new on here and also from the UK so not sure if this is a phrase used elsewhere or just something ive never heard of before?
Alice
"Clean eating" is a notion that some people have in their heads that some foods are better (cleaner) than others. For example, pasta + chicken would be a clean meal, whereas pizza wouldn't.
This is a good example of the term's vagueness. Pasta may or may not be clean depending on who you talk to. All pasta is processed to some degree.
Also, what makes the pizza unclean? The dough? The cheese? The sauce?
The pizza is unclean because it is all processed - the dough, the cheese and the sauce are all processed foods. Clean eating is no processed food.......nothing from packages - if the sauce was made from real whole foods then it could be considered as clean but if it's canned sauce then it's not clean. Clean means everything that is made with real food.0 -
Is trying to avoid processed foods.
It wont help you lose weight - calories are calories.
Basically - make your own tea with no ingredients from a jar.
No, calories aren't all equal ("caloreis are calores") ~ clean calories actually assist the body with optimal functionality, processed (unlcean) calories don't have any benefit to the body (or the cells). There is a huge difference in many calories. Example: Eating an avocodo which is high in fat and calories as apposed to eathing a doughnut which is also high in fat and calories - which one do you think is doing the body good? The doughnut is hindering the cells, the digestiion and the the colon whereas the avocodo is benefiting all.0 -
This expression BUGS THE HELL OUT OF ME!!!!!!!
ARGH!!!!!!!!!0 -
Is trying to avoid processed foods.
It wont help you lose weight - calories are calories.
Basically - make your own tea with no ingredients from a jar.
No, calories aren't all equal ("caloreis are calores") ~ clean calories actually assist the body with optimal functionality, processed (unlcean) calories don't have any benefit to the body (or the cells). There is a huge difference in many calories. Example: Eating an avocodo which is high in fat and calories as apposed to eathing a doughnut which is also high in fat and calories - which one do you think is doing the body good? The doughnut is hindering the cells, the digestiion and the the colon whereas the avocodo is benefiting all.
You seem to have endowed almost magical "good" and "evil" properties to foods.
There are many reasons I would prefer and avocado to a doughnut...but I'm pretty sure the idea of a doughnut "hindering the cells," isn't supportable in science.0 -
I personally don't like the term clean food. It seems to mean something different to everyone you ask. Not all processing is bad in my opinion. I mean do clean eaters press their own olive oil and grind their own flour? Even some basic foods need some processing.0
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Is trying to avoid processed foods.
It wont help you lose weight - calories are calories.
Basically - make your own tea with no ingredients from a jar.
No, calories aren't all equal ("caloreis are calores") ~ clean calories actually assist the body with optimal functionality, processed (unlcean) calories don't have any benefit to the body (or the cells). There is a huge difference in many calories. Example: Eating an avocodo which is high in fat and calories as apposed to eathing a doughnut which is also high in fat and calories - which one do you think is doing the body good? The doughnut is hindering the cells, the digestiion and the the colon whereas the avocodo is benefiting all.
You seem to have endowed almost magical "good" and "evil" properties to foods.
There are many reasons I would prefer and avocado to a doughnut...but I'm pretty sure the idea of a doughnut "hindering the cells," isn't supportable in science.
I'm "pretty sure" it is definitely supported in science. If you have ever taken any nutritional courses, there is mounds of "scientific" support standing behind the "scientific" results on the cells of the body from eating a doughnut as apposed to an avocodo, you just have to want to find it.0 -
I'd love to see some. Please, cite a few peer-reviewed studies, that I may be enlightened.Is trying to avoid processed foods.
It wont help you lose weight - calories are calories.
Basically - make your own tea with no ingredients from a jar.
No, calories aren't all equal ("caloreis are calores") ~ clean calories actually assist the body with optimal functionality, processed (unlcean) calories don't have any benefit to the body (or the cells). There is a huge difference in many calories. Example: Eating an avocodo which is high in fat and calories as apposed to eathing a doughnut which is also high in fat and calories - which one do you think is doing the body good? The doughnut is hindering the cells, the digestiion and the the colon whereas the avocodo is benefiting all.
You seem to have endowed almost magical "good" and "evil" properties to foods.
There are many reasons I would prefer and avocado to a doughnut...but I'm pretty sure the idea of a doughnut "hindering the cells," isn't supportable in science.
I'm "pretty sure" it is definitely supported in science. If you have ever taken any nutritional courses, there is mounds of "scientific" support standing behind the "scientific" results on the cells of the body from eating a doughnut as apposed to an avocodo, you just have to want to find it.0 -
Is trying to avoid processed foods.
It wont help you lose weight - calories are calories.
Basically - make your own tea with no ingredients from a jar.
Actually clean eating (avoiding processed foods and using wholesome ingredients to cook meals whenever possible) is most definately helps in weight loss as well as general health because most processed out of a box foods are laden with tons of sodium, sugar in about 50 different forms and trans fats. Although the ingredients used in them may have resembled whole food at one point, they are so overprocessed that most nutrients have been lost during processing.
Calories are NOT calories in how the food that the calories come from benefits your body.
Everything you put in your mouth either makes you more healthy or less healthy overall in small doses.
Again people, you seriously have a problem if you think eating 600 calories of doritos has the same effect that eating the same amount of calories of a good steak and some fruits and veggies does. Clean food doesnt have to be tasteless. You have to learn about spices and how to flavour things with good ingredients and fats. After a while of eating clean, McDonalds cheeseburgers taste like nothing but salty grease and fruits actually start to taste sweet again instead of tasting like cardboard in comparison with that snickers bar.
And Im not saying to never eat doritoes. I like them. but I limit them. because they are nothing but processed junk food with little nutritional value. If you were to be lost on a desert island with nothing but doritos you'd eventually be suffering from every nutrient deficiency known.0 -
You eat all your meals in the bathtub.
Wouldn't that be dirty?
Uh, no. I clean my bathtub beforehand, and I use Sensa instead of Comet so it maximizes my results.
Ha made my day!0 -
Is trying to avoid processed foods.
It wont help you lose weight - calories are calories.
Basically - make your own tea with no ingredients from a jar.
No, calories aren't all equal ("caloreis are calores") ~ clean calories actually assist the body with optimal functionality, processed (unlcean) calories don't have any benefit to the body (or the cells). There is a huge difference in many calories. Example: Eating an avocodo which is high in fat and calories as apposed to eathing a doughnut which is also high in fat and calories - which one do you think is doing the body good? The doughnut is hindering the cells, the digestiion and the the colon whereas the avocodo is benefiting all.
You seem to have endowed almost magical "good" and "evil" properties to foods.
There are many reasons I would prefer and avocado to a doughnut...but I'm pretty sure the idea of a doughnut "hindering the cells," isn't supportable in science.
I'm "pretty sure" it is definitely supported in science. If you have ever taken any nutritional courses, there is mounds of "scientific" support standing behind the "scientific" results on the cells of the body from eating a doughnut as apposed to an avocodo, you just have to want to find it.
The same question comes up here all of the time.
The same response..."Show me science based evidence."
The same counter...basically, it's out there, go find it.
Be a hero to all clean eating proponents on this site. Be the first one to support the notion of doughnuts "hindering the cells," through science. I've looked and failed.0 -
You eat all your meals in the bathtub.
Funny! Too Funny!0
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