Clean Eaters (I need help!)

I also just really focused on on clean eating, so I'm excited to see what others have to say. I can't offer much in answer to your questions. I just picked up a book (clean eating recharged) to read the basics. Turns out that for the last few years, I'd been mostly eating clean without calling it that. concentration on whole foods that come from nature, not a factory.....minimally processed. I'd say I was doing that about 75% of the time, and for the last week or so (since getting and reading the book) I've focused on it more.

I prefer coconut milk to almond milk....just a preference. I am (for now) staying away from protein powders b/c they don't fit with my whole food mindset. I think I can manage enough protein via food. We'll see.

If you want, add me as a friend and we can learn together.

I'm still learning. I'd like to know others' answers as well.

I use the blue diamond almond milk. protien powder no I eat enough
protien without it,, I use fresh eggs I dont like the slimmy texture of
liquid egg whites and I love PB2

Hi there. I can answer a couple of your questions:

1. Almond milk - I use blue diamond unsweetened. I don't like the silk because of all of the added stuff. Idealy you should make your own, but practical-wise, make sure there are no adverse additives and you should be fine. Have you tried coconut milk? I use organic coconut milk for my protein shakes.

3. Protien powder - There are many options, whey, egg, beef, etc.. I use whey mostly and the brand I buy is J Robb, it's a little pricey, but it tastes great and not sweetened artificially. It doesn't have aspartame, ascelfame, or growth hormone. There are many protein powders available, just make sure that the ingredients are "clean."

I am trying to better at clean eating, so it's a work in progress.

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good luck on "clean eatting" ........oh boy don't get me started ;-) We get bombarded with chemicals in all areas. BPA the FDA (HA! they are not on your side) has finally said the food industry needs to look for another alternative. As the law stands ALL acidic products canned must have a BPA linning. Eden Beans do not but their tomato products have to. Think about getting organic and doing your own canning contact you jar maker...all those lids contain BPA. Then there is sodium laurel sulfate, ever wonder why you can't swallow toothpaste? "Kiss My Face" toothpaste does not have the chemical so you don't have a danger if swallowed. Watch grass fed beef that they are not useing corn to fatten them up before slaughter. I buy Azure out of Oregon. You'll have to look where your at. When in question email the companies and they will gladly answer your question. I tend to stay away from GMO fruit's and Vegies (non-organic) Even organic you have to watch the country that the food comes from because a USDA stamp means they are approving but the country where the food is grown all has different standards. Such as me personally I don't buy "mexico organic" me shakes head, ever met thier government? A good movie to watch is "Food Inc' and maybe the movie "Tapped" you can watch online with netflix instant play. You have plastic codes to deal with too. I only use #5 if I have too. At first food shopping took me hours then my basics were down I could expand. I buy my organic coconut oil from Mountain Rose Herbs online. A gallon after shipping is right under 50. Plus my all time favorite over the counter vitamins and powders ect...are not regulated. Independant lab studies showed major descrepancies in them. Actually the more expensive brands had more problems. I don't buy liquid eggs since where I am the eggs are cheeper to just remove the yolk :-)


I know my answer isn't your question but look some of these up on the headaches :-)

I have recently adopted the eating clean lifestyle. I have been reading about its health benefits for a few months and weight loss is not the only reason I have decided to take this on. I have always had intense migraines (since I was a baby), so intense that I am constantly in and out of the emergency room. Medicines don't even seem to help. Well, eventually we had discovered that some of them were being triggered by Nitrates (a preservative and also used as a flavoring). Now that I am older and reading this information I think that if that one single preservative was causing so many problems, other preservatives must being doing the same.

So here are my questions:

1. Almond Milk- Which brand is best for eating clean? (I enjoy Almond Silk Unsweetened, but when I read the label I wasn't sure if it was still considered "clean")

2. Liquid Egg Whites- I've read about Tosca Reno boiling her eggs and eating mainly the whites, is there a reason she doesn't use liquid egg whites?

3. Protein Powder- Which brands are the cleanest?

4. PB2- What are your thoughts on PB2? I started eating it because it doesn't have much fat, but should I be sticking to the peanut butter that isn't dehydrated?

Sorry to write a novel!

In my opinion, I find that egg beaters/liquid egg whites are full of chemicals. I'd rather eat an egg or separate my own...

http://foodbabe.com/2012/09/16/the-truth-about-pb2-powdered-peanut-butter/

PB2 not clean!