EAT CLEAN WITH AMALIE
As you may have noticed, my blog is called EatCleanWithAmalie, and while most of us probably have a notion of what it means to eat clean, a real definition can be tricky to define. If we turn it on the flipside, it would probably be pretty easy for most of us to figure out what is not considered to be clean food. “Dirty food” is anything from junkfood to overly fatty foods, any type of processed foods and of course…sugary foods.
During my five years of living in the United States, I consumed a lot of processed foods as well as unhealthy foods. A majority of the time it was by choice, but the other half of the time it was because it was the only thing available.
At school, our lunch choices were quite limited, and while there was a salad bar, it wasn’t something that appealed to the majority as it did not look appetizing. It was composed of old and soggy veggies. It was therefore hard for us students to eat healthy while in school, as the options were mostly things like french fries, fried foods and loads of sugary foods. You couldn’t even walk down a hallway without being faced with a vending machine, providing ONLY sugary and overly salty snacks.
We have always eaten quite healthy at my house, and therefore there was a sense of excitement linked to eating unhealthy, as it wasn’t something I got to do a lot at home… but looking back, I am really happy that we rarely had these processed snacks at home, cause I would have had a hard time controlling my intake of these things if they were constantly available to me.
Definition?
But back to my definition of eating CLEAN. I have learned a lot about nutrition in the past years, and through personal experience I have learned which foods make me feel good, and which foods make me feel absolutely terrible. Although there are loads of different ways you can eat clean, my definition is something along the lines of:
- Clean eating means to be mindful of what you put into your body, and hereby consuming foods in their whole form and working to eliminate processed, sugary and refined foods from your diet.
- Eating organic and grass-fed when possible
After I started taking notice of how I felt whenever I ate overly unhealthy foods, I decided it was time to start eliminating these things from my diet.
Obviously I still have cake, chips and snacks on occasion, but I definitely give it an extra thought before eating these things. But let me remind you that eating clean doesn’t have to mean eating bland and boring foods. I have started experimenting with different recipes and I have found that it is perfectly possible to create a dessert that is satisfying, but with clean ingredients. On my blog I share all of my crazy ideas.
If you want to read more about healthy and clean eating, take a look at this
Happy clean eating everyone!
xx
A
Recipe: Date energy balls
Place cookies on sheet, and give them a helping hand with a sweet press to allow them to look like cookies and not balls of dough 🙂
Eat Clean With Amalie 