Berkeley - 28 days of clean eating: the healthy way to kick dieting forever

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Everyone seems to be on some kind of diet or detox these days. Its easy to understand why. Most of us want to live healthier lives, lose a little bit (or a lot) of weight, and generally feel better about the food we put into our bodies. But given what we plan to get out of diets and detoxes, why do they feel more akin to punishment than reward?

For the most part, changing how and what we eat, whether its for 10 days or 3 months or more, involves restrictions. And math. Certain foods must be cut out. Calories must be counted. Specific foods, regardless of how they taste, must be consumed. Diet fatigue and diet failure happen for a reason. The work involved to diet successfully is exhausting and, due to that very difficulty, its a struggle to keep it up for the long term. We take a break, and start again later, take another break, start again later, and so on.

Eating healthily does not have to be so hard. It does not need to involve worksheets or calculators. People who have adopted the clean eating diet are living these truths firsthand. Clean eating is not a diet in the conventional sense of the word, where you give up certain foods for a period of time to achieve a specific health goal. Clean eating is more of a food philosophy, grounded in the notion that meals should contain all sorts of foodsfruits, vegetables, meats, grains, beans, nuts, and so on. The only restriction is that these foods should be as close as possible to their natural, unadulterated state. Foods should be made of, well, food, rather than combinations of food and chemicals.

Natural does not mean raw. Flip through the recipes in this book and youll see that clean eating meals make use of an array of ingredients from a variety of cuisines that can be cooked easily and in numerous ways. The 150 recipes offered here are downright delicious and filling, too. From , youre about to find out that clean eating isnt about restricting what you eat, but expanding your palate with the very best whole, fresh ingredients.

What you will eliminate are processed ingredients. Its true that processed foods tend to be cheap and quick to prepare. Its also true that they are usually high in sodium, refined sugars, additives, preservatives, and unhealthy fats. These ingredients sabotage good health. A clean eating approach to food removes these offenders, and replaces them with good fats, whole grains, and protein that will keep you satisfied throughout the day. Eating clean ensures that what you put in your body promotes good health.

In the pages that follow, youll learn more about how to make clean eating an effortless part of your everyday routine. The will let you dip your toe in without having to wonder what is and isnt clean. You can shop for the weekly meal plans at your local marketsaccess to specialty health food stores is not required. What is required is the willingness to give up dieting and allow yourself to enjoy eating. Are you ready?

If youve ever bought a prepared spinach dip at the store, odds are that it contained added preservatives, chemicals, and sugar, and more sodium than you wanted or needed. It probably tasted pretty good, too, but those additions arent necessary to make a flavorful spinach dipin fact, a homemade version would surely taste even better. The basic ingredients are naturally clean: fresh spinach, full-fat cream cheese, fresh lemon juice, garlic, and freshly ground pepper. Let your taste buds convince you. Theres a recipe for .