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Clean Eating

Kushy8
Kushy8 Posts: 103 Member
edited January 26 in Food and Nutrition
Will someone please explain Clean Eating to me?

Thanks!

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  • dgoradia
    dgoradia Posts: 109 Member
    I think people have many different definitions. It usually involves items such as:
    Skinless chicken breast (because it's high in protein and low in fat)
    Sweet potatoes (because it has a lower glycemic index than potatoes)
    Whole grain like wheat bread and brown rice (because for some reason white is not good for you???)
    Fruits and vegetables etc etc

    And generally avoiding foods like, pasta, bagels, white rice, white bread, fattier cuts of beef such as rib-eye or new york, sausages...etc

    Having said that, it's not necessary and in reality you can eat whatever you want while at a calorie deficit and continue to lose weight/fat. What's important however, is what portion of those kcal come from protein/fat/carbs, which should be tailored to your goals and training method.
  • Kushy8
    Kushy8 Posts: 103 Member
    "tailored to your goals and training method"
    I'm not sure what you mean by that...
    ???
    Thanks!
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1009092-post-your-definition-of-clean-eating-here
  • Kushy8
    Kushy8 Posts: 103 Member
    Thanks guys!
  • JSA17
    JSA17 Posts: 81 Member
    I am currently "eating clean". I love it and i feel great!

    Here's the scoop:

    Basically, eating clean means to eat everything naturally, the way it is before we start adding flavours, etc.
    Meaning, if you're going to eat ham let's say....don't put butters or oils, etc on it. Just eat the ham the way it is.

    Same with veggies. Fresh or frozen, cook them and eat them. It's simple. Don't add anything to them.

    I find that the more I eat this way the more energy I have, the less crappy I feel and the more weight I lose!

    Every time we add stuff to our food (butters, oils, condiments) we're just eating extra calories and fats that we can seriously live without. I'm personally enjoying it because when I eat something I'm actually tasting what it's supposed to taste like!
  • BeautifulScarsWECHANGED
    BeautifulScarsWECHANGED Posts: 749 Member
    A third post about this?
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  • Confuzzled4ever
    Confuzzled4ever Posts: 2,860 Member

    Whole grain like wheat bread and brown rice (because for some reason white is not good for you???)

    Generally speaking (and this is not *always* the case) white foods are enriched.. Which means the naturally occuring nutrients are stripped from the foods and then added back in later. Also white flour had little nutritional value and is high calories. Better to go with wheat flour, oat flour or almond flour.

    Clean eating.. eating less processed more fresh whole foods. Simple foods, less ingredients. Cooking from scratch, avoiding chemicals and additives. I feel amazing since I switched back to eating this way. (really it's how I grew up eating.. when mom and grandma used to go to the garden and the butcher to get dinner.. it just didn't have a buzz word back then)

    A lot of people add a lot of other things to it.. but the nuts and bolts of it is eating fresh whole raw foods that are derived from nature. Avoiding processed food or those with additives and checmials.

    I also choose to eat mostly organic/natural. Becuase I want to avoid checmials/hormones/ etc. as much as possible. That's a preference based on my beliefs about food and nutrition. I'd encourge you to swtich to that too.. but not everyone beleives what I do.
  • ryry_
    ryry_ Posts: 4,966 Member
    Something to avoid unless you want to end up like Mel Gibson's character in conspiracy theory.
  • BreeFeelinFree
    BreeFeelinFree Posts: 48
    My definition and an easy one to follow, if it's not from the ground, off a tree or from a "mom", it's not clean!
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