F O O D
Whether you are caught up in the annual January
rush of recommitting to your health or are looking
to continue to grow your dedication to your fitness,
somewhere down the path you must have come across
the ‘clean eating’ movement.
Mind over matter
Many experts argue that calling the movement clean
eating implies that any other kind of diet is unhygienic
or dirty, and that if you are not eating ‘clean’ then you
must be a sloppy and lazy individual who is making
themselves sick.
They stress that the best way to living a healthy life is
not to focus on a specific diet but to simply eat what
you want, just in moderation, as you cannot always
have a meal that is directly ‘farm to fork’.
Moreover, many have also pointed out that this
eating trend focuses more on becoming thin in the
mainstream media than it does on just eating well, and
allows companies to take advantage of the ill-informed
by promoting products which claim to be “clean” and
“healthy” – cold-pressed juices are still a concentrated
source or sugar and just because it is coconut oil does
not make it any less of a saturated fat.
So perhaps the trick is not to waste too much time, energy, and
money on figuring out the best diet for you and purchasing the
“best” food, rather it is just about four main things:
1. Eat as many vegetables as you can
This does not mean to only eat vegetables or have them all the
time. Simply, find more ways to introduce some leafy greens
into your meals.
2. Think transparent over clean
Make sure your food is what it claims to be. A candy bar ought
to be a candy bar and not disguised as a protein bar (looking at
your Snickers and Mars.)
3. Not all packaged food is the enemy
Read the labels on the foods you buy. If it features a long laundry
list of things you cannot even begin to pronounce, your odds
are best at ditching it.
4. There is no cheating, just indulging
Stop thinking of a Mickey D meal as a cheat meal. This just
leaves you with feelings of guilt, and do not think of it as a
reward either because in the end, it is better for you to leave
junk food out. Instead, just think of it as what it is, a meal,
and just make sure that in the balance of food, you have more
home-cooked meals than outside ones where you control what
goes in the pan.