What is your definition of "Eating Clean"?

Washing my food before i eat it. Also 5 second rule does not apply.

An easy way to remember if a food is clean is: "if man made it, don't eat it."

Eating unprocessed or minimally processed foods only.

I don't do it, but that's how I'd define it.

Yes, I would consider things like rice, steel cut oats, bulgar wheat, etc. as clean. I would not consider things like bread or wraps as clean.

I don't think cooking has anything to do with how clean something is.

My definition is pretty much what everyone else said.....whole ingredients, limited amounts of processed foods, limited fast food/restaurant food. I try to do it as much as possible, but of course it all depends on a person's time and resources.

A lot of people here will tell you that you don't need to eat clean to lose weight. That's very true. But, I try to eat clean for other reasons. I feel better, my hair is shinier. It forces me to eat more fruits and vegetables. I get more bang for my buck, calorie-wise. I can eat a lot of natural and home prepared foods for 1410 calories.....if I was eating more processed food, I would be much more limited.

It's a personal choice, and will not affect your ability to lose weight - that is determined by staying under your calorie goal and paying attention to your macros (although some people will say that doesn't matter either). You have to do what works for you.

Washing it before I eat it.

Good response

Lean meats. Fresh and steamed veggies (frozen are as good as fresh, nutrition-wise, BTW!). Unbleached, unprocessed foods. I avoid anything white. Steel cut oats are just fine! Cooking something doesn't mean processed, it means cooked! Avoid stuff with lots of preservatives, artificial sweeteners, stabilizers and such. I "eat clean" when I'm not having my silly, uberprocessed protein shakes my doctor has me on. LOL. But she wants me eating clean for dinner!

Washing my food before i eat it. Also 5 second rule does not apply.

I eat food off the floor all the time. I think it's helped my immunity get even stronger. /flexes

Me too.

2 huskies in the house that like to lick each others butts so I decline eating food off the floor. Otherwise I would normally dust that ****er off and nom.

ETA: Hi Cory! :glasses:

An easy way to remember if a food is clean is: "if man made it, don't eat it."

Pretty sure it's going to be impossible to eat clean with this goal in mind. Almost all of the vegetables and animals used for food today are man-made. I suppose you could eat only game and wild vegetables.

ok....I eat local fresh grass fed meet, local veggies n fresh wild caught fish, local fruits .....n obv no processed food

Sigh...what a tired old topic....

i make sure to wash all my food with soap .. i hate dirty food.

To me, eating clean is eating food that has been sterilized with wolf urine.

To me, eating clean is eating food that has been sterilized with wolf urine.

Why not your own urine. It has the right pH to kill the bugs more effectively.

Because wolf urine has phytochemicals that mine doesn't.

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Taking a shower, then eating. THAT'S clean eating.