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What IS \u2018Eating Clean\u2019?<\/strong><\/p>\n Eating clean is a rather simple and elegant concept. Whole, unprocessed foods are highly emphasized- especially fresh in season produce. Processed foods- those requiring an ingredient label- should be avoided as much as possible. White refined sugar, the cause of so many metabolic disorders and diseases, should be avoided at all costs.<\/p>\n In general, processed foods to be avoided include ones that are mass produced with an eye for industrial-grade consistency. Compounding the blandly reproduced nature of these foods is the fact that chemical emulsifiers, stabilizers, and preservatives are added to them to ensure long shelf life and consistency.<\/p>\n None of these things are what the human body was designed to digest. The end result of consuming all these unnatural products can be seen in everyday America: obesity, heart disease, and metabolic disorders.<\/p>\n Eating clean doesn\u2019t just cover the kind of foods that should be the cornerstones of nutrition. How you eat is of immense importance, too. The classic concept of \u2018three square meals\u2019 a day should be swapped out in favor of five or six small, well balanced mini-meals.<\/p>\n These ideally would contain balanced healthy components from carbs, fats, and proteins to better fuel your body and increase metabolism<\/a>.<\/p>\n Fresh meals, made from scratch and consumed all day, every day is the ultimate ideal- but this is meant to be a functional part of life and not intended to be a prison sentence. Some flexibility allows for inevitable missteps without negative consequence; but the more consistently you eat clean, the larger the benefits you reap.<\/p>\n Interestingly, there are strong mental and social facets included in the eating clean ideal: food is meant to be enjoyed and celebrated. Social meals are highly valued where the spirit is fueled as much as the body, and joyful attention should be paid to the food consumed.<\/p>\n These two extra, non-food-based components allow for greater awareness and support especially during the change over period. Accountability and support during lifestyle changes have long been proven to improve overall trends of success, and this is no exception.<\/p>\n What Does It Do?<\/strong><\/p>\n By focusing on simple, fresh, nutritious foods it becomes easier to ensure that adequate vitamins, minerals, and fiber needed for optimal functioning are included every day. These simple components are combined in tasty meals that emphasize the importance of flavor accentuation from fresh herbs and natural spices, rather than processed sauces and additives.<\/p>\nThis gives a twofold benefit, where vital herb-based micronutrients get included in every meal, and artificial additives, stabilizers and excess salt are avoided. The intrinsically delicious combinations available of fresh meat and fish, fruits and vegetables comprise the core of what the human body was naturally designed to digest.<\/div>\n