What is 'clean' eating??
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"When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.”17
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Washing your food before you eat it. Normally I go for an antibacterial spray and then deep rinse cycle before I consider cooking it.2
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What is clean eating? "A-can-of-worms", that is what clean eating is.11
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I usually take it to mean a wholefood diet that avoids ultra-processed foods. I dislike the term because it implies that there is some sort of virtue attached to eating in a particular way. Generally it's used on these forums in the context of "i'm eating really clean but I'm not losing weight" or "I'm struggling with consistency, i'll eat clean for a week or two and then fall off the wagon". A lot of people seem to think that you have to exist on lean grilled chicken and vegetables in order to lose weight and haven't figured out that as long as your calories in are less than your calories out it doesn't really matter where you get those calories from (within reason).5
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Chilli7777 wrote: »Eating things as close to their natural state as possible. Packaged food with more than 5 ingredients would be avoided. Sorry you were bombarded by idiots.
Genuinely inquisitve as to where the number 5 comes from? So if I have a pre-prepared fruit salad with 6 fruits, is it not longer clean?16 -
I think "clean eating" is so vague that it's meaningless.
As an example, someone earlier described a meal of chicken breast, broccoli and rice as fitting the description of "clean eating." But some people think "clean eating" means LCHF and that meal wouldn't fit their definition.
And yes I'm being judgmental here but any time someone uses it I assume they actually know little to nothing about what healthy eating really is or can include. More often than not in following postings here it becomes obvious that the majority of people who use that term do so because they've just latched on to the latest catchphrase instead of having any real knowledge. It's an endemic problem in today's world -- catchphrases and sound bites versus nuanced understanding.7 -
It obviously means whatever YOU think it means.1
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Chilli7777 wrote: »Eating things as close to their natural state as possible. Packaged food with more than 5 ingredients would be avoided. Sorry you were bombarded by idiots.
Your answer wasn't clear at all?
Do I have to eat the animal alive or is killing it first ok.
Is a pre packed mix veg ok
What does happen if there is a sixth ingredient11 -
Chilli7777 wrote: »Eating things as close to their natural state as possible. Packaged food with more than 5 ingredients would be avoided. Sorry you were bombarded by idiots.
Who was bombarded by idiots?
Why is it idiotic to question the meaning of a term when no one uses it the same way.
Probably your own diet is not "clean" under many definitions, so why is your definition the right one? What's special about 5 ingredients and why is the salad mentioned above (which another poster already defined as unclean) clean because I made it, but not if I bought it (say at a place where they make it in front of me).8 -
Chilli7777 wrote: »Eating things as close to their natural state as possible. Packaged food with more than 5 ingredients would be avoided. Sorry you were bombarded by idiots.
If I make an olive tapenade at home with green olives, black olives, dried parsley, olive oil, capers, and salt it would be "clean" but purchasing the exact same ingredients, processed exactly the same way, prepared by another person somehow makes it "dirty"?
Show your work.11 -
a vacuous term used to make people feel superior about their own food choices.17
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I think the quote of 5 ingredients is for the ingredients on a package, not something a person prepares themselves.
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I think the quote of 5 ingredients is for the ingredients on a package, not something a person prepares themselves.
But again, I mentioned a salad I made upthread with 10 ingredients. One person said it wasn't clean (because I didn't actually pick the ingredients -- my diet would be a heck of a lot worse under these requirements, btw). Under other definitions it's not clean because some of the ingredients (olive oil, feta, etc.) are processed. But I also could buy a really similar salad from a local lunch place (and even do sometimes). One of these places (the one I'd consider less healthy, but oh well), makes the salad in front of you, so I know they are using the same ingredients I would (pretty obvious in a salad anyway). Another makes it in a way harder to watch, but you can. Pret has salads they make on site, but they are in a box, which is similar to a number of other places. Why are all these salads "unclean" and mine "clean"? I don't see much of a difference.
This is another reason why these terms are annoying and vague.5 -
I want to know about the 5 ingredient rule too?2
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juliebowman4 wrote: »I keep seeing references to 'eating clean'. What does this mean?
I assume it means something different than washing my fruit and veg.
Generally it means eating whole or minimally processed natural foods instead of overly processed foods.
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It's a new way to sell overpriced food magazines in the checkout aisle.11
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janejellyroll wrote: »
It's really more about unnecessary additives. A can of carrots doesn't need to have 6 ingredients. That sort of thing. All these sayings are just general guidelines that are best applied along with common sense.1
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