Clean Eating

,     Clean out your refrigerator - throw all that toxic food away.  Dairy has hormones, fruits and vegetables have pesticides, and meat will clog your arteries and add to our polluted environment.  There is no longer any debate that our American diet is the chief cause of our obesity, leading to the "Diseases of Civilization" - diabetes, heart disease, many cancers, etc.
​      Such are the claims of the "clean eaters."  Should you be one?   Meat eating Keto and Paleo diet adherents call themselves "clean eaters", but vegan disciples don't agree that meat can be included.  Adherents may choose different camps, some being quite militant, but the idea that foods with less preservatives, less pesticides, and are less processed are better for us only makes sense.  Foods processed with the amounts of added fats, sodium, and sugar that we find in most of the packaged products in the grocery are not good for us.  So, before we throw all our food out, let's begin with three of the basic tenants of clean eating.  Incorporating these ideas into your daily pattern will put you on the path toward a healthier diet.   
   1.  Eat whole foods, ideally organic   These are foods that you could pick off a tree or from a garden.  These would include fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds.  For people who include animal products, dairy, and meats, choose free-range varieties of each.
   2.  Avoid processed foods that include a lot of extra fat, sodium, and sugar.  If the ingredient list with those unrecognizable words gets too long, that is food to avoid.
   3.  Eat whole grains rather than grains that have been milled with many of the vitamin and minerals excluded.  Foods like quinoa, barley, whole wheat flour are good nutrient sources.
Have a happy, healthy, new year?

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