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Clean Eating

Clean eating is a way of life based on the belief that eating whole foods in their most natural state and avoiding processed foods such as refined sugar offers certain health benefits. Variations on the clean eating diet may also exclude gluten, grains, and dairy products and advocate the consumption of raw food.

Orthorexia nervosa is a supposed condition where someone is obsessed with healthy eating to the point where it results in mental and physical health issues. Someone with orthorexia nervosa may suffer from "vitamin and mineral imbalances", obsessive-compulsive disorder, and could show signs of anorexia from a clean eating diet that lacks a variety of food sources or fails to provide enough food.

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Eating clean and healthy goes hand in hand with feeling clean and healthy. It should be more than just a diet phase, it should be more of a life style. The easiest way to get started consists of increasing your water intake. It has many benefits such as flushing the toxins out of your system. Another good tip is to become aware of what you are putting into your body. This includes reading package labels. The longer the ingredient list is, the worse it is for you. Most importantly, if you can not pronounce an ingredient, you should not be eating it.. It is also important to clean up your lifestyle by catching up on sleep, lowering your stress, and doing something you love.

The term orthorexia comes from the Greek word orthos meaning straight or proper and orexia meaning appetite. This happens when a healthy diet goes to an extreme. While it is good to be aware of what you are putting into your body, there is a point where it can become obsessive. People with orthorexia often exclude certain foods from their diets because they may see it as "bad". Some warning signs include compulsive checking of food labels and ingredients, body image concerns, and spending hours per day worrying about food. There is no "cure" to this but treatment includes therapy and weight restoration if needed.

To some, clean eating may mean hitting the proper clean macronutrients to get to your goal. This may include lean protein, complex carbs, and healthy fats. Some think it is helpful to plan out your meals as well and have a certain amount each day. They do this in order to improve and speed up their metabolism. In order to be fit, nutrition plays a bigger role than excercise.

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Clean eating is a way of life based on the belief that eating whole foods in their most natural state and avoiding processed foods such as refined sugar offers certain health benefits. Eating clean and healthy goes hand in hand with feeling clean and healthy. It should be more than just a diet phase, it should be more of a life style. The easiest way to get started consists of increasing your water intake. It has many benefits such as flushing the toxins out of your system. Another good tip is to become aware of what you are putting into your body. Variations on the clean eating diet may also exclude gluten, grains, and dairy products and advocate the consumption of raw food.This includes reading package labels. The longer the ingredient list is, the worse it is for you. Most importantly, if you can not pronounce an ingredient, you should not be eating it.. It is also important to clean up your lifestyle by catching up on sleep, lowering your stress, and doing something you love.

Orthorexia nervosa is a supposed condition where someone is obsessed with healthy eating to the point where it results in mental and physical health issues. The term orthorexia comes from the Greek word orthos meaning straight or proper and orexia meaning appetite. This happens when a healthy diet goes to an extreme. While it is good to be aware of what you are putting into your body, there is a point where it can become obsessive. Someone with orthorexia nervosa may suffer from "vitamin and mineral imbalances", obsessive-compulsive disorder, and could show signs of anorexia from a clean eating diet that lacks a variety of food sources or fails to provide enough food. People with orthorexia often exclude certain foods from their diets because they may see it as "bad". Some warning signs include compulsive checking of food labels and ingredients, body image concerns, and spending hours per day worrying about food. There is no "cure" to this but treatment includes therapy and weight restoration if needed.

To some, clean eating may mean hitting the proper clean macronutrients to get to your goal. This may include lean protein, complex carbs, and healthy fats. Some think it is helpful to plan out your meals as well and have a certain amount each day. They do this in order to improve and speed up their metabolism. In order to be fit, nutrition plays a bigger role than excercise.

Notes on sources:

1 and 4) Eating Clean for dummies is a book for everyone to read about clean eating. Page 9 includes information about the importance of turning it into a life style

2) Press Reader presented the magazine, Clean Eating, and includes information on how to eat clean as well as an interesting piece on "fit foodies"

3) Mayo Clinic is filled with a lot of credible information and is commonly used by doctors. The article contains information on what it means to eat clean