I'm confused, what does "eating clean" really mean?

In DietLand it means you can state it and instantly feel morally superior, thinner, leaner, healthier and far, far more important than the poor sad sack you are responding to!

Eat Clean - You're Worth It

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To me, eating clean means I was my fruits and vegetables prior to consumption. That's it.

Eating clean is just another fad, like eating low fat or sugar free or whatever.

"Eating clean" is diet-speak for being pretentious.

Thank you - my first thought was "eating clean" means "better than you"

http://evidencemag.com/clean-eating/

Tosca Reno has a great book called the Eat Clean Diet Recharged that explains it. Basically, it involves avoiding processed foods and sugar, and eating lots of fruits/veggies/complex carbs/lean proteins--you know...all the stuff we know we need to do to be healthy anyway . I started eating clean on January 1st, and I've lost 7 pounds so far. It has made me more mindful of what I eat even when we go out to dinner. I don't feel deprived at all. My niece is in excellent shape. She eats clean, and she inspired me to give it a try. I'm really glad I did.

How do you avoid sugar while eating fruits? Grape juice has twice the sugar of coke..

Not knocking it if it works for you, but we at some point decided that three teaspoons of sugar in a thing of grapes is awesome, but in a can of coke will kill you.

But coke will clean an engine, do you want that in your body?!

Leave grape juice out in the sun for a while, and it will, too.

Dammit how many times to I have to say I wasn't serious?

I'm ruining all my IIFYM cred with this thread. :brokenheart:

It's all relative. It means different things to different people. On this site it gets people's panties in a huge wedgie because they are insecure with their own eating habits and food choices.

That being said, FOR ME it means reading labels, avoiding highly processed foods, GMO derived ingredients such as soy, corn, and canola, HFCS, preservatives and emulsifiers(even natural ones) etc. I try and make my own meals at home, so I know what's in it. I also try to avoid added sugar.

I realize that this is not sustainable 100% of the time. It's something I strive to do MOST of the time. I just do what I can.

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It's all relative. It means different things to different people. On this site it gets people's panties in a huge wedgie because they are insecure with their own eating habits and food choices.

That being said, FOR ME it means reading labels, avoiding highly processed foods, GMO derived ingredients such as soy, corn, and canola, HFCS, preservatives and emulsifiers(even natural ones) etc. I try and make my own meals at home, so I know what's in it. I also try to avoid added sugar.

I realize that this is not sustainable 100% of the time. It's something I strive to do MOST of the time. I just do what I can.

Do what works for you. "make it your own" to quote my favorite Yogi.

If you feel better (and can afford) to eat 100 percent organic, from whole foods, go nuts.

If all you can afford is a double quarter pounder (which is one of the cheapest sources of prepared protein available), do that.

Let not the best be the enemy of the good.

Anyone who tells you UR DOIN IT WRONG! ask them for the science that disproves you. If they point you to someone selling something, question, question, question.

Weight loss/fitness/health are not something achieved by consensus or community upvotes.

They are achieved, by you, and YOU ALONE, in how you go about your life.

If fitness and health were easy, or popular, everyone would be doing it.

I try to mostly not eat food that's processed, so that's clean-ER. My work is done here.