What is 'Clean Eating?'

For decades people have been using the term 'clean eating' or 'eating clean' by removing unrecognizable terms on food labels.  Everyone should be able to pronounce what they are putting into their bodies, right?  Even by thinking that way, it still became a controversy because it was basically said that they were eliminating some nutritional value by taking away some of these ingredients.

This became such a huge issue that companies started to become very aware of what they were adding into their products to make sure they were clean enough for people to eat.  During that time chains of whole food stores started to rapidly grow.  Now a couple decades down the road, clean eating or eating clean, is become a worldwide health trend.

Here is a list of clean eating trends:

Eat Whole Foods

Basically, do what it says.  Eat the whole food.  Instead of eating a banana nut muffin, eat a banana and nuts.  This is a way to skip all the processed foods that are bad for you.
Let Ingredients Guide You
It's unrealistic to think that you'll never eat anything out of a box again.  So with that said, if you happen too, just make sure you read the ingredients first.  Reading it is the only way to really know what's in your food, and choose foods that are as close to their natural state as possible.  Just remember, clean eating is about the quality first and not letting terms such as 'zero trans fat', 'low sodium', or 'fat free' fool you into thinking that processed foods are healthy.

Think The Big Picture

In addition to reading ingredient lists, so you can throw away products made with artificial additives including flavors, sweeteners, colors, and preservatives, clean eating is about staying away from foods made from genetically modified organisms, and those treated with hormones and antibiotics, and going organic when possible, to reduce foods grown with man-made pesticides and fertilizers.

Do-it-Yourself

One aspect of clean eating I really love is replacing packaged foods with homemade versions, from salad dressing to energy bars and everything in between. I call it "retrotarian" eating, because it harkens back to a time before things like frozen chicken nuggets existed, and many of the do-it-yourself substitutes are very simple.

Listen To Your Body

Nutrients create the foundation for the structure and function of every cell in your body, and because your body is in a continuous state of maintenance and repair, the health and functioning of your cells is directly determined by what you've been eating.

Whole, natural foods provide the building blocks that go to work to uphold your muscles, bones, organs, immune system, and hormones. So cleaning up your diet is a lot like starting to build and support your body with the highest quality raw materials.

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