Just curious--for all you clean eaters out there, do you eat bread, pasta, etc. at all, even if it is 100% whole wheat? I am a bread person and I try to eat clean but was wondering if this is considered OK. Maybe in moderation? (I don't know if I could cut it out completely.) Just wondering what everyone else does.
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I consider myself a "clean eater" and eat pasta, bread and even the occasional muffin. it is not always whole wheat pasta either. Tonite we are having pasta with brocoli, red peppers, olives, garlic and olive oil. Also a salad with mixed greens endive and snap peas. The dressing is olive oil, vinegar and lemon. Just try to eat whole grains and limit highly processed breads etc.
workoutaholic
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I try to eat clean, and I totally believe that whole, natural grains (less processed the better) are clean and healthy. You just have to watch the serving sizes and calories.
RapidBreath
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nothing wrong with grain
Just pay attention to the portion. And try to stick to the whole grain because its released into the blood stream slower.
Just pay attention to the portion. And try to stick to the whole grain because its released into the blood stream slower.
JodelleFitzh20
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What is clean?
I think the term "clean" is different for each person. Cleaning up your eating simply is "eating better than you usually do" just like when you clean your house it's cleaner than it usually is. I think the key is to not totally deprive yourself but to eat more good than you do bad. So that means, you find a ratio that works for you. For me, it's that I eat "clean" 90% of the time and 10% of the time I allow myself a little more freedom. You know if you say you'll never have a cookie again, you are just lying to yourself. But if you say, "I'm only going to a cookie once a week" that's a little more tolerable and a little more "cleaner" food choices other than cookies.
My idea of clean food are foods that are unprocessed that the body must break down, like complex carbohydrates (i.e. oats, quinoa, buckwheat), while I still feel that pasta is somewhat processed because it is broken down and formed into noodle shapes. Then lots of fresh veggies, mostly raw, or otherwise steamed, and lots of lean protein from unprocessed sources (i.e. egg whites separated from the yolk, not from a carton, any kind of wild-caught fish and raw unblanched nuts). I understand this may not be everyone's idea of "clean" but the point is to eat "clean" means to make healthier choices than you normally do and to be consistent.
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I think the term "clean" is different for each person. Cleaning up your eating simply is "eating better than you usually do" just like when you clean your house it's cleaner than it usually is. I think the key is to not totally deprive yourself but to eat more good than you do bad. So that means, you find a ratio that works for you. For me, it's that I eat "clean" 90% of the time and 10% of the time I allow myself a little more freedom. You know if you say you'll never have a cookie again, you are just lying to yourself. But if you say, "I'm only going to a cookie once a week" that's a little more tolerable and a little more "cleaner" food choices other than cookies.
My idea of clean food are foods that are unprocessed that the body must break down, like complex carbohydrates (i.e. oats, quinoa, buckwheat), while I still feel that pasta is somewhat processed because it is broken down and formed into noodle shapes. Then lots of fresh veggies, mostly raw, or otherwise steamed, and lots of lean protein from unprocessed sources (i.e. egg whites separated from the yolk, not from a carton, any kind of wild-caught fish and raw unblanched nuts). I understand this may not be everyone's idea of "clean" but the point is to eat "clean" means to make healthier choices than you normally do and to be consistent.
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kathryn
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I don't really like the term 'clean eating" (it implies there is "dirty eating"), but I do try to eat primarily whole foods.
I wouldn't touch white bread with a ten-foot pole (except for French bread, white bread actually can make me nauseated), and I don't eat a lot of bread in general. When I do, it's whole grain sprouted breads (or buns or wraps) by Food for Life.
I think greens are healthier than grains, so when I'm eating at what I consider "my best," I try to limit the latter to oatmeal, the sprouted-grain breads, and pseudo-grains (actually seeds) like buckwheat, amaranth and quinoa.
I wouldn't touch white bread with a ten-foot pole (except for French bread, white bread actually can make me nauseated), and I don't eat a lot of bread in general. When I do, it's whole grain sprouted breads (or buns or wraps) by Food for Life.
I think greens are healthier than grains, so when I'm eating at what I consider "my best," I try to limit the latter to oatmeal, the sprouted-grain breads, and pseudo-grains (actually seeds) like buckwheat, amaranth and quinoa.