Eating Clean?

jnhu72 · March 2012

I know it's pretty self explanatory what eating clean is, but could those of you that choose this way of life tell me what you eat and what you don't eat. I don't eat meat due to a meat allergy. Also, how does protein powder fit in or does it not. Thanks for any help.

My meat allergy, is that if I eat meat or something like meat broth I break out into hives and can't breath. Pretty much like any other food allergy.

candicemaechling · March 2012

Bump I've been easing my way in and would love to read anything that comes this topics way

kleighsamboer · March 2012

Feel free to look at my food journal. I don't use protein powders really unless it is a raw protein powder which I haven't purchased in a very long time. I get plenty of protein from dark leafy greens. They have a ton of it and it breaks down easier in your body than a piece of meat will. I recommend the book Detox for Women by Natalia Rose. Awesome book!

rcramer7 · March 2012

I eat clean (mostly). What I don't eat is fast food and proccessed food. I don't eat fried stuff, chips, cakes, pies...

What the hell is a meat allergy? Water, protien, fiber? Or vegetarian?

Anyway, Whey is a dairy byproduct (cheese to be exact). I have a 30g shake for breakfast, and another after I workout or walk.

You should research SOY protien powder. It's the same as whey but, well, SOY.

I just wanted to add whey/soy aren't food substitutes. They are a way to suppliment your protien intake without having to eat 4-5-6-7-8 meals. They are low in calories AND EVERYTHING ELSE!! Please don't think you can eat one real meal and 4 protien shakes.

jadedone · March 2012

I loosely follow eating clean. Here are my principles (and I definitely vary compared to other MFPers)

1. Choose local,organic and seasonal foods whenever possible (I break this all the time, my success rate is about 65%, local is a very important part of the equation for me)
2. If getting something processed, look for recognizable, real ingredients (I make a few exceptions, citric acid and soy lecithin I don't really count)
3. No preservatives!
4. Eat whole foods most of the time
5. Choose natural meat whenever possible
6. Choose prepared food made with real ingredients
7. Avoid transfat like the plague
8. Avoid RBST in dairy products

Here are my exceptions:
1. I have reluctantly added protein powder, the one I use only has 5 ingredients
2. No one is perfect all the time, if I have to have fast food or uber processed food once in a while, I will survive (I really like sour patch kids)
3. I use earth balance instead of butter sometimes
4. Everything bought in a store is processed a little bit, so focus on minimally processed items
5. Sometimes you just need to get takeout, so I try to go to places that I know use good ingredients
6. Grains are processed, and I am OK with that
7. It is really hard to find a really clean sliced bread

All in all, I eat clean about 80%, organic around 65%, local around 65%. You can friend me or check out my diary. This week was a little off, but you'll get an idea.

kleighsamboer · March 2012

I eat clean (mostly). What I don't eat is fast food and proccessed food. I don't eat fried stuff, chips, cakes, pies...

What the hell is a meat allergy? Water, protien, fiber? Or vegetarian?

Anyway, Whey is a dairy byproduct (cheese to be exact). I have a 30g shake for breakfast, and another after I workout or walk.

You should research SOY protien powder. It's the same as whey but, well, SOY.

I just wanted to add whey/soy aren't food substitutes. They are a way to suppliment your protien intake without having to eat 4-5-6-7-8 meals. They are low in calories AND EVERYTHING ELSE!! Please don't think you can eat one real meal and 4 protien shakes.

Stay away from soy! Soy acts like a weak estrogen and can mess with your reproductive system. If you really want to try a protein powder try hemp or any other form of RAW protein. I would look at rawfoodworld.com you can look at the products they carry and if you find one you like you can order through them.

rcramer7 · March 2012

I loosely follow eating clean. Here are my principles (and I definitely vary compared to other MFPers)

Hey jadedone,

I was quickly reading your post and thought you said (and I definitely vary compared to other MFers)!!!

I'm stil laughing!!

sweet110 · March 2012

You might want to specify from what perspective you're coming from. When body builders/lean gainers refer to "eating clean" they mean something very different than paleo folks, whole-food folks, or save-the-planet-by-destroying-corporations-and-their-fake-food folks.

These aren't mutually exclusive groups, but the connotation of "clean" varies considerably.

If you don't specify, you might just be inviting the crazies to come out...(and I use the term fondly. As I am a crazy. But probably not from who you want to hear...)

rcramer7 · March 2012

I eat clean (mostly). What I don't eat is fast food and proccessed food. I don't eat fried stuff, chips, cakes, pies...

What the hell is a meat allergy? Water, protien, fiber? Or vegetarian?

Anyway, Whey is a dairy byproduct (cheese to be exact). I have a 30g shake for breakfast, and another after I workout or walk.

You should research SOY protien powder. It's the same as whey but, well, SOY.

I just wanted to add whey/soy aren't food substitutes. They are a way to suppliment your protien intake without having to eat 4-5-6-7-8 meals. They are low in calories AND EVERYTHING ELSE!! Please don't think you can eat one real meal and 4 protien shakes.

Stay away from soy! Soy acts like a weak estrogen and can mess with your reproductive system. If you really want to try a protein powder try hemp or any other form of RAW protein. I would look at rawfoodworld.com you can look at the products they carry and if you find one you like you can order through them.

Yeah, I don't know anything about SOY. I use WHEY. Now I know not to mess with that. I was told it was equivalant to whey. guess not.

Mmmporkrinds · March 2012

I loosely follow eating clean. Here are my principles (and I definitely vary compared to other MFPers)

1. Choose local,organic and seasonal foods whenever possible (I break this all the time, my success rate is about 65%, local is a very important part of the equation for me)
2. If getting something processed, look for recognizable, real ingredients (I make a few exceptions, citric acid and soy lecithin I don't really count)
3. No preservatives!
4. Eat whole foods most of the time
5. Choose natural meat whenever possible
6. Choose prepared food made with real ingredients
7. Avoid transfat like the plague
8. Avoid RBST in dairy products

These principles are almost exactly like mine too, and the success rate is about the same! The only principle I never break is that I don't buy non-free range meat products (I'll eat them if I'm served them and it would be rude not to, but won't buy them). Feel too sorry for the pigs and chickens.

Natihilator · March 2012

I also loosely follow Jadedone's definition of clean eating (didn't know there were variants of "clean eating"?) I try to stay away from food that comes from a box/sits on a shelf at the grocery store, but if I do then the less ingredients, the better.

Other than SOY and WHEY (lol) you might also want to check out Albumen powder, if you can tolerate eggs. It's all egg white protein in powder form, and is supposed to be great (I haven't tried it yet)

jhann16 · March 2012

Basically what everyone else said. I steam my veggies because raw ones tear up my stomach. Here isarough daily breakdown: I eat 75% veggies, 10% meat, 10% nuts, 5% fruit and cheese. I choose whole foods, local and organic when possible. No sugar or flour. No processed foods. No alcohol. That's pretty much the basics of my diet.

jadedone · March 2012

I loosely follow eating clean. Here are my principles (and I definitely vary compared to other MFPers)

Hey jadedone,

I was quickly reading your post and thought you said (and I definitely vary compared to other MFers)!!!

I'm stil laughing!!

LOL!!!

jadedone · March 2012

These principles are almost exactly like mine too, and the success rate is about the same! The only principle I never break is that I don't buy non-free range meat products (I'll eat them if I'm served them and it would be rude not to, but won't buy them). Feel too sorry for the pigs and chickens.

I am working on this meat one. If I buy meat to prepare, then it is a no brainer. It gets a little iffy when I want cured meats or beef jerky! The natural beef jerky is so expensive and not around when I am craving it. Hehe. So I try to make sure when I go out for prepared food it is natural meat. Luckily I can make this choice a good portion of time, since it is so popular to eat this way in the Bay Area. It is easy to find tacos, burgers, sandwiches, asian food....all with natural/free range meats.

To other posters: I still eat flour. I know for some people it is too processed, but it isn't a hot button for me.

kleighsamboer · March 2012

I also loosely follow Jadedone's definition of clean eating (didn't know there were variants of "clean eating"?) I try to stay away from food that comes from a box/sits on a shelf at the grocery store, but if I do then the less ingredients, the better.

Other than SOY and WHEY (lol) you might also want to check out Albumen powder, if you can tolerate eggs. It's all egg white protein in powder form, and is supposed to be great (I haven't tried it yet)

uuuhhh...since you are allergic to meat this probably wouldn't be a good idea. I also cannot tolerate meat and cannot tolerate eggs either.

neverstray · March 2012

I wash all the bags and boxes my food is contained within. Does that count?

Lolli1986 · March 2012

wow... I have only just discovered that I have no idea what eating clean meant, and still have no idea.

I presumed anything not processed, and processing it as little as possible yourself... you know, eat the food as it comes out of the ground, go as organic as possible, etc.

With carbs it's...not possible, so you go as organic and whole as possible.

But this was just my presumption. I supposed this is the hippy-whole-foods way.

How is that not the 'cleanest' way to eat, though?

Natihilator · March 2012

uuuhhh...since you are allergic to meat this probably wouldn't be a good idea. I also cannot tolerate meat and cannot tolerate eggs either.

uuuhhhh...I said "if you can tolerate eggs", eggs come from an animal but are not meat, I don't have a meat allergy nor do I know the OP's specific allergies. Was just trying to offer a potential alternative, no need to be know it all.

jadedone · March 2012

Aren't organic foods filled with arsenic from the soil??

My point is, there is nothing holy all mighty about organic.

CONCLUSIONS:
There are currently no US regulations applicable to As in food, but our findings suggest that the OBRS products we evaluated may introduce significant concentrations of Asi to an individual's diet. Thus, we conclude that there is an urgent need for regulatory limits on As in food.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22336149

ETA: I thought this topic was about "clean eating". My friend is food chemist or something like that. He just told me "FDA also set limits to how much residual pesticides can be detected on "organic F&V's" and still be labeled as organic."

If it is an option for you, it is great to know your grower. Then you can ask what they add to their soil. My CSA is of the old school organic type, and not the FDA new school pseudo organic type.

BreakinTheChains · March 2012

bump

kleighsamboer · March 2012

uuuhhh...since you are allergic to meat this probably wouldn't be a good idea. I also cannot tolerate meat and cannot tolerate eggs either.

uuuhhhh...I said "if you can tolerate eggs", eggs come from an animal but are not meat, I don't have a meat allergy nor do I know the OP's specific allergies. Was just trying to offer a potential alternative, no need to be know it all.

I wasn't being a know it all and I will say whatever I please, Thanks

sweet110 · March 2012

wow... I have only just discovered that I have no idea what eating clean meant, and still have no idea.

I presumed anything not processed, and processing it as little as possible yourself... you know, eat the food as it comes out of the ground, go as organic as possible, etc.

With carbs it's...not possible, so you go as organic and whole as possible.

But this was just my presumption. I supposed this is the hippy-whole-foods way.

How is that not the 'cleanest' way to eat, though?

It is, mostly. But I peruse fitness forums, where muscle-y wanting people hang out, and when they say eating clean, they mean eating a very controlled, completely on-plan diet, with perfectly controlled macro-nutrients. Usually looks something like skinless chicken breasts, rice, and steamed vegetables + protein drinks made with skim milk. Workout. Repeat. Since I'm a hippy-whole-foods person, clean eating for me would include organic, grass-fed cheese or full fat yogurt. And I'd never take the skin off of a chicken. Wasteful...If I consent to kill a chicken, I'll eat anything edible on the chicken. Hippy! Someone who is trying to "lean out" or "get cut" in the conventional way wouldn't touch the stuff. We often converge on many points, so its not as different as I made it seem, but because the "ideology" or reason for doing it is different, you can have different things on the list.

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