Proud to be a snob

FriedaPeoples
FriedaPeoples Posts: 6
in Food and Nutrition
I never heard of "clean eating" until I started reading these message boards. I guess that's what I do. I see a lot of people putting down those who choose to eat this way.

I eat organic whenever possible. I don't eat anything that comes out of a can (except black olives). I don't eat anything that comes out of a bottle unless it has 3 or less ingredients and they are all natural ingredients. I drink raw milk, when I drink milk. (I usually use organic unsweetened almond milk). I don't eat pre-packaged meals or fast food ever.

This is what I feel is the best thing I can do for my body. I don't tell anyone else that they should follow these guidelines. These are my personal choices. If that makes me a snob, so be it.
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  • jwdieter
    jwdieter Posts: 2,582 Member
    I think kipping is hilarious.
  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
    What's a natural ingredient? What's an unnatural ingredient?
  • 81Katz
    81Katz Posts: 7,074 Member
    I know a couple fish eating vegetarians.
    Cool.
  • mgreen10
    mgreen10 Posts: 229 Member
    This is the way I was brought up to eat, by my parents. I have never heard it labelled in any way until I started frequenting diet and fitness online resources. Funny that someone would have something to say against it! There is nothing negative about it, only positive.

    But I have to admit I have not stuck with this habit, that's obviously why I'm here.....................
  • EatClean_WashUrNuts
    EatClean_WashUrNuts Posts: 1,590 Member
    Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand this is in this forum why? :yawn:


    Attention seeking....it's bad.
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    cool post, bro . . .
  • IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym
    IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym Posts: 5,573 Member
    if that's what you feel is best for you, cool. As long as you're not saying you're better than everyone else for it...
  • eric_sg61
    eric_sg61 Posts: 2,925 Member
    What's a natural ingredient? What's an unnatural ingredient?
    This ought to be fun
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    This is the way I was brought up to eat, by my parents. I have never heard it labelled in any way until I started frequenting diet and fitness online resources. Funny that someone would have something to say against it! There is nothing negative about it, only positive.

    But I have to admit I have not stuck with this habit, that's obviously why I'm here.....................

    People usually only bash it when people say this is how you should eat to lose weight, or get into shape. Not for people saying that's how they eat, it is the ones that try to push it on others that get bashed here, or those that call it "clean" yet can't really say what that means.
  • micheleb15
    micheleb15 Posts: 1,418 Member
    cool post, bro . . .

    This.

    Edited because my comment was rude.
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
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  • EnviousDan
    EnviousDan Posts: 107 Member
    I don't eat anything with any chemicals because all chemicals are bad.
  • KissMeImShtFaced
    KissMeImShtFaced Posts: 85
    Do you know how you can tell if someone's vegan/has a gluten allergy/eats organic/shops local/does crossfit? Don't worry, they'll f****** tell you!!!
  • Laac68
    Laac68 Posts: 55
    I never heard of "clean eating" until I started reading these message boards. I guess that's what I do. I see a lot of people putting down those who choose to eat this way.

    I eat organic whenever possible. I don't eat anything that comes out of a can (except black olives). I don't eat anything that comes out of a bottle unless it has 3 or less ingredients and they are all natural ingredients. I drink raw milk, when I drink milk. (I usually use organic unsweetened almond milk). I don't eat pre-packaged meals or fast food ever.

    This is what I feel is the best thing I can do for my body. I don't tell anyone else that they should follow these guidelines. These are my personal choices. If that makes me a snob, so be it.

    I don't think because you choose to eat the way that you do makes you a snob. Whatever meal plan we choose to make our lifestyle, as long as it isn't done excessively and doesn't put our health at risk, then I say rock it!:smile:
  • mckshowie
    mckshowie Posts: 210 Member
    cool post, bro . . .

    This.

    Edited because my comment was rude.

    I wish you hadn't edited that because it made me laugh out loud and i think i love you a little.
  • Barbellerella
    Barbellerella Posts: 1,838 Member
    I don't eat anything with any chemicals because all chemicals are bad.
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  • AJ_G
    AJ_G Posts: 4,158 Member
    I never heard of "clean eating" until I started reading these message boards. I guess that's what I do. I see a lot of people putting down those who choose to eat this way.

    I eat organic whenever possible. I don't eat anything that comes out of a can (except black olives). I don't eat anything that comes out of a bottle unless it has 3 or less ingredients and they are all natural ingredients. I drink raw milk, when I drink milk. (I usually use organic unsweetened almond milk). I don't eat pre-packaged meals or fast food ever.

    This is what I feel is the best thing I can do for my body. I don't tell anyone else that they should follow these guidelines. These are my personal choices. If that makes me a snob, so be it.

    That does not make you a snob, and just to be clear, we do not put down clean eating, we only take issue when clean eaters tell other people that they are unhealthy because they don't eat clean, or that if they don't eat clean, they will get cancer, or high blood pressure, or some other disease with no scientific evidence to back it. Nobody is telling you that you shouldn't eat however you want. If you want to eat clean, then that's great, if that's what you enjoy, then go for it. We only take issue when clean eaters look down on everybody else, or tell us that we're not as healthy, or inferior. Good luck with your fitness and nutrition goals.
  • rowanwood
    rowanwood Posts: 509 Member
    I only eat unnatural, unearthly space food, myself. I like food from Jupiter.
  • honeysprinkles
    honeysprinkles Posts: 1,757 Member
    I don't think your eating habits make you a snob, that's ridiculous.

    This post, however... :wink:
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    I'm a snob when it comes to pizza, beer, BBQ, weight lifting programs.
  • __delete
    __delete Posts: 245 Member
    I ate 3 quarts of ice cream over the weekend. I am the ultimate ice cream snob.
  • JeSuisPrest
    JeSuisPrest Posts: 2,005 Member
    I'm a snob too. Can't help but wrinkle up my nose when someone eats fast food or a store bought packaged meal in front of me.
  • IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym
    IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym Posts: 5,573 Member
    I only eat unnatural, unearthly space food, myself. I like food from Jupiter.

    :laugh:
  • FriedaPeoples
    FriedaPeoples Posts: 6
    Thank you to those who showed encouragement.
    Thank you to those also who posted sarcastic posts because you confirmed what I have seen in these message boards.

    As to what is a "natural ingredient" and what is not-- If that ingredient is a food in itself I consider it natural. example- tomatoes, vinegar
    If it is not a food in itself I consider it not natural- example - high fructose corn syrup
  • escloflowneCHANGED
    escloflowneCHANGED Posts: 3,038 Member
    I never heard of "clean eating" until I started reading these message boards. I guess that's what I do. I see a lot of people putting down those who choose to eat this way.

    I eat organic whenever possible. I don't eat anything that comes out of a can (except black olives). I don't eat anything that comes out of a bottle unless it has 3 or less ingredients and they are all natural ingredients. I drink raw milk, when I drink milk. (I usually use organic unsweetened almond milk). I don't eat pre-packaged meals or fast food ever.

    This is what I feel is the best thing I can do for my body. I don't tell anyone else that they should follow these guidelines. These are my personal choices. If that makes me a snob, so be it.

    This makes me sad...
  • smithed812
    smithed812 Posts: 289
    The fact that I’m not fixating on the perfect purity of my food and not doing it to those around me means I have a pretty good quality of life.

    When I eat a burger, I am thankful I have food, and that I don’t have to go out and gut the cow myself.

    As I’m standing in the grocery store, I think of some of the poorest people in Nicaragua I’ve seen living and scrounging for food near the garbage dump. I get a bit upset at the arrogance that says the strawberries or apples or oranges stacked in heaping piles before me are “not good enough” because they are not organic.

    How does it work, that having a bountiful supply of food before me is seen as the enemy instead of a blessing?

    Do I think I’m better than those people in poverty, so I deserve optimal “natural” food? Or, do I think that everyone deserves it, but because not everyone is in a place to access it, rice and corn mash are good enough for their kids but definitely not mine? When you donate food to the food pantry, do you donate the expensive organic carefully-sourced food that you insist is the only acceptable thing to put in your body and that you feed yourself and your family, or do you get the cheapest canned and boxed food at the store?

    If your diet requires it, great. If you prefer it, fine. If you think it’s the only way to go, have at it. But don’t lecture me.

    http://loneprairie.net/diet-coke/

    :flowerforyou:
  • IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym
    IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym Posts: 5,573 Member
    I ate 3 quarts of ice cream over the weekend. I am the ultimate ice cream snob.

    me too. I will only eat Blue Bell.
  • micheleb15
    micheleb15 Posts: 1,418 Member
    cool post, bro . . .

    This.

    Edited because my comment was rude.

    I wish you hadn't edited that because it made me laugh out loud and i think i love you a little.

    That response wasn't directed at the poster, more of a general thought. I love your animals! :)
  • __delete
    __delete Posts: 245 Member
    I ate 3 quarts of ice cream over the weekend. I am the ultimate ice cream snob.

    me too. I will only eat Blue Bell.

    I only eat the frozen kind. Unless you put it in a cup, and shove a straw into it.

    Then I drink it.
  • BathtubBadger
    BathtubBadger Posts: 217 Member
    I don't eat anything with any chemicals because all chemicals are bad.

    Yes. H2O, C6H12O6, aaaaal those terrible chemicals D:

    For instance, 100% of people who consume H2O _DIE_. It's an awful chemical.

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