"Clean Eating"

Recently I’ve had a lot of people wanting to know about "Clean Eating"!

Let's improve your life one meal at a time.

Don't we all remember those moments of Hamburgers, hot dogs, fried chicken, BBQ wings and doughnuts. Next thing you know your New Year resolution is to eat healthier, eat fresher, and eat cleaner – but what exactly is ‘clean eating’ and how do you do it properly?

In a nutshell, clean eating is about consuming foods that are as close to nature as possible. This means no processed foods, sugars, or chemicals. Foods that have been altered in any way should be avoided and, ideally, the majority of what you eat should be from a plant.

Unlike a diet, where people often replace full fat options with chemically altered or laden low fat, pre packaged and processed ‘fat free’ or ‘low carb’ options, clean eating is a lifestyle approach in which food is consumed in its most natural state.

The process of clean eating is about simplifying your diet; it’s about buying whole foods, as nature intended them, “Whole foods don’t come with numbers on the back of a packet that we don’t understand; they don’t come with hidden additives, chemicals and a low nutrient value as a result of over processing. What you put on the end of your fork every day is the most significant decision you will make for your health.
 

If you think clean eating might be the way to go, here’s how to improve your health, one meal at a time.

• Eat five to six times a day ideally made up of three meals and two snacks
• Include lean protein, fresh fruit and vegetables, and a complex carbohydrate from wholegrain
•Drink two litres of water a day
• Get label savvy! Clean foods contain just one or two ingredients; any product with a lengthy ingredient list is man-made (and not in a good way)
•Avoid processed and refined foods (no white flour, sugar, bread or pasta), trans fats, fried foods, and anything high in sugar
•Consume humanely raised and local meats
*Where possible, eat organic

Here's a story that shows you that anything is possible:
A Client of mine Suffered from crippling Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and a system full of toxicity, she came to me wanting to take on the world with Good health. Needing a complete health makeover, she removed all processed foods, sugar, chemicals, gluten, caffeine, and alcohol from her diet, replacing them with a whole-food diet, with fresh vegetables, wholegrain, and good saturated fats. Also, she started with her tailored Herbalife product plan - I took a holistic approach to considering where she had deficits in her diet, exercise, hormone and vitamin regime and assisted her with a program that helps her maintain her healthy lifestyle goals. Her wonderful experience continues with the lifestyle change that she refers to as her “path to wellness.” This is just one example, and there are many others, so contact me today if you're invested in your healthy lifestyle future and you want to know more about how you can get back on track, and stay on track.

Keep Living the healthy Life.
Karalee Baker
Wellness Coach
Herbalife