Clean Eating-MSE style!

Broke_Kitty

paulineb wrote: »

This is a list of banned foods on a clean eating programme I got a couple of years ago (I didnt do it, it was just too tough for me at that point in time, but I might give it a go now).

WHEAT: pasta, noodles, cous cous, bulgar wheat, muesli, breakfast cereals, bread, crackers, soy sauce, stock cubes
DAIRY: cheese, milk (fresh, dried & UHT), yoghurt, butter, ice cream, cream
SUGAR: chocolate, biscuits, cakes, pastries, fruit squash/cordial, fizzy drinks, muesli bars
REFINED FOODS: white rice, rice noodles – anything that is ‘white’ i.e. refined to remove the good bits!
PROCESSED FOODS: ANY prepared foods, including pizza, fish fingers, ready meals, soups, sauces, crisps, etc.
ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS: ANY food or drink with ‘no added sugar’, ‘diet’ or ‘sugar-free’ prefixes. Read the ingredients:
aspartame, saccharin, sucralose and acesulfame potassium are the key watch-outs.
ADDED SUGARS: ANY foods that contain ‘-ose’ in the ingredients including glucose syrup, maltose, barley malt,
fructose, sucrose. These are all versions of sugar.
CAFFEINE: coffee, tea, cola-based drinks, red bull


and some suggestions of what should go and what you replace them with

Pasta, noodles, white
rice
Wheat-free pasta & noodles (e.g. corn/rice/quinoa/buckwheat),
brown rice, lentils, beans
Breakfast cereals Wheat free muesli; rolled oats, oatmeal, quinoa flakes
Bread and crackers 100% Rye bread, Ryvita, oatcakes
Milk Soya, rice or oat milk
Butter and margarine Coconut oil (available from health food shops), olive oil
Yoghurt Soya yoghurt
Spreads Hummus, guacamole, tahini
Soy sauce, stock Tamari (wheat-free soy sauce), wheat-free Marigold bouillon
Red Meat Chicken, fish, eggs, tofu
Caffeine Green tea, rooibos tea, herbal teas (nettle fennel, etc) miso soup
Alcohol Sparkling water with fresh lime, fresh juices w/ sparkling water

Are you sure that was clean eating and not paleo? There's nothing unclean about dairy, that sounds like paleo to me.

I've read a lot about giving up dairy and the health benefits, and have sort of considered it, but it doesn't go against clean eating to have it.

paulineb_2

The list above says rice milk, but Ive read that rice milk isnt actually very good for you, not a natural product, better with oat or almond milk.

WantToBeSE

Thanks for that list, Paulineb Some really yummy things in that list! I too am a huge fan of sweet potatoes. I love to cut them into cubes, drizzle with olive oil, garlic and thyme and then roast.

paulineb_2

Broke_Kitty wrote: »

Are you sure that was clean eating and not paleo? There's nothing unclean about dairy, that sounds like paleo to me.

I've read a lot about giving up dairy and the health benefits, and have sort of considered it, but it doesn't go against clean eating to have it.

It probably is paleo, but it was promoted as a clean eating programme, on the info I got, the word Paleo isnt mentioned.
I dont know a lot about paleo, I dont eat meat, so I didnt want to say that it was when I wasnt sure. Paleo is quite meat heavy as far as Im aware and Ive not read much about it,but there are veggie options on the list above.

Broke_Kitty

paulineb wrote: »

The list above says rice milk, but Ive read that rice milk isnt actually very good for you, not a natural product, better with oat or almond milk.

Almond milk is wonderful! And quite widely available these days.

paulineb wrote: »

It probably is paleo, but it was promoted as a clean eating programme, on the info I got, the word Paleo isnt mentioned.
I dont know a lot about paleo, I dont eat meat, so I didnt want to say that it was when I wasnt sure. Paleo is quite meat heavy as far as Im aware and Ive not read much about it,but there are veggie options on the list above.

Yeah I'm pretty sure it's paleo. I think that's going a bit far for me, but there are still lots of good suggestions on there!

WantToBeSE

I LOVE almond milk, its lovely! I get ours from Tesco, but its expensive..about £1.60 for 1L. It is great to make porridge with, very creamy!

paulineb_2

I dont eat dairy and these days I dont drink alcohol (21 days and counting), Im afraid any eating plan like that would have given me an epic fail before because I liked a glass of wine in the evenings but Ive given up now (for now anyway) so it wouldnt be too bad (I hope).

I have to say, it took me a while to get used to sweet potatoes, I usually make them as wedges or as chips that I roast in the oven. Ive just finished a level 3 nutrition and weight management qualification and my brother is a PT and has the same qualification, but he does more reading than I do, Ive just spent the last while trying to get that out of the way so if I need advice I'll go to him first.

The things I crave tend to be white bread, white pasta, stuff like french sticks in particular, just rubbish and really not good for you. Savoury snacks (way too long a list to mention, Id be here for a year). I used to have a massive diet coke habit, Ive not drank it in about 2 or 3 years now.

I never used to be so bad when it came to lack of moderation, but Ive had a tough few years and the way I dealt with it was eating, drinking and that plus an injury meant by May last year my BMI was ridiculous. I just felt the need to look after myself, I havent done that in a long time. I always exercised but too much of what I was eating and drinking, I just wasnt looking after myself. Im sure there are many many more clean eaters than me, but I try my best to make positive changes

I also have a couple of subscriptions to fitness/health magazines and you often get good recipes in there as well. I also use quite a lot of coconut milk in cooking.
If I go out for a meal and I want to have some chips, I'll have them, but I rarely do takeaways, I cook a lot from scratch. I dont do low carb but Im not a big bread eater, the very occasional slice of wholemeal. Rice now and then.

I eat more veg than fruit, a lot of spinach. Fruit wise I like berries, cherries, satsumas, tangerines. Im not so keen on apples and Im not fond of bananas.

One thing I am very guilty of is not eating enough of the good fats and thats something I have to work on.

Broke_Kitty

paulineb wrote: »

I dont eat dairy and these days I dont drink alcohol (21 days and counting), Im afraid any eating plan like that would have given me an epic fail before because I liked a glass of wine in the evenings but Ive given up now (for now anyway) so it wouldnt be too bad (I hope).

I have to say, it took me a while to get used to sweet potatoes, I usually make them as wedges or as chips that I roast in the oven. Ive just finished a level 3 nutrition and weight management qualification and my brother is a PT and has the same qualification, but he does more reading than I do, Ive just spent the last while trying to get that out of the way so if I need advice I'll go to him first.

The things I crave tend to be white bread, white pasta, stuff like french sticks in particular, just rubbish and really not good for you. Savoury snacks (way too long a list to mention, Id be here for a year). I used to have a massive diet coke habit, Ive not drank it in about 2 or 3 years now.

I never used to be so bad when it came to lack of moderation, but Ive had a tough few years and the way I dealt with it was eating, drinking and that plus an injury meant by May last year my BMI was ridiculous. I just felt the need to look after myself, I havent done that in a long time. I always exercised but too much of what I was eating and drinking, I just wasnt looking after myself. Im sure there are many many more clean eaters than me, but I try my best to make positive changes

I also have a couple of subscriptions to fitness/health magazines and you often get good recipes in there as well. I also use quite a lot of coconut milk in cooking.
If I go out for a meal and I want to have some chips, I'll have them, but I rarely do takeaways, I cook a lot from scratch. I dont do low carb but Im not a big bread eater, the very occasional slice of wholemeal. Rice now and then.

I eat more veg than fruit, a lot of spinach. Fruit wise I like berries, cherries, satsumas, tangerines. Im not so keen on apples and Im not fond of bananas.

One thing I am very guilty of is not eating enough of the good fats and thats something I have to work on.

Wow sounds like you're doing a really good job! Well done for giving up alcohol and coke!

Treating yourself every now and then is really important, occasionally I'll have chips with a meal if I fancy them, but after one or two I'll usually go 'these are actually not that enjoyable' and give the rest to my boyfriend! My weakness is subway though! So I'll have that like once a week as a treat.

If you're struggling for good fats, I really recommend Udos Choice oil. I've actually used it all my life, it's really easy to hide in salads and smoothies and it's full of amazing things and omega 3! Not cheap but also no more expensive than buying vitamins and it makes a big difference, I can really tell it is doing it's thing because my skin isn't so dry, and I just feel... better.

paulineb_2

I do like a subway as well, but its a very occasional treat as Im not well off (the life of a freelance fitness instructor).

Im not actually sure why I dont eat enough of the good fats. I never used to like peanut butter, I think its because I dont like it on bread, but I eat it on its own. Similarly the only peanuts Ive ever liked are the ones that are ridiculously bad for you like dry roasted peanuts, but Ive taken to having a few cashews now and then and I use them in curries as well.

Stuff like avocado is something I do need to buy and eat more of. I take a protein shake now, hemp as I dont eat dairy as I lift weights now, didnt used to.

Theres probably loads of things I should be eating that Im still not, but I'll work on that.

I also used to take cherry active as a drink as its meant to help creaky joints and my knees creak a bit depending on what Im teaching and on what surface, but its ridiculously expensive so I just drink cherry juice instead.

I like oatcakes as well, but I dont like porridge, probably the only Scot alive who hates the stuff.

Broke_Kitty

paulineb wrote: »

I do like a subway as well, but its a very occasional treat as Im not well off (the life of a freelance fitness instructor).

Im not actually sure why I dont eat enough of the good fats. I never used to like peanut butter, I think its because I dont like it on bread, but I eat it on its own. Similarly the only peanuts Ive ever liked are the ones that are ridiculously bad for you like dry roasted peanuts, but Ive taken to having a few cashews now and then and I use them in curries as well.

Stuff like avocado is something I do need to buy and eat more of. I take a protein shake now, hemp as I dont eat dairy as I lift weights now, didnt used to.

Theres probably loads of things I should be eating that Im still not, but I'll work on that.

I also used to take cherry active as a drink as its meant to help creaky joints and my knees creak a bit depending on what Im teaching and on what surface, but its ridiculously expensive so I just drink cherry juice instead.

I like oatcakes as well, but I dont like porridge, probably the only Scot alive who hates the stuff.

Yeah I always get the cheapest subway, no drink and no meal deal, and I still know I'm being robbed!

Cashews and avocados are fantastic, and both make great snacks. Also, avocado is a great mayo replacement paired with tuna. Sounds absurd but it tastes really similar if you mash the two together! Delicious, in my opinion. And super healthy, protein like woah!

I loooove protein shakes with almond milk, I used to make a real effort to have them several times a day and lifted weights too but I really messed my neck up (when I was 5 years old) and it got quite sore so I had to stop Need to start drinking them again actually, if for no other reason than they are just sat there and I don't know how long they last for! They aren't cheap, so don't want to waste them.

I don't really like porridge either because it messes with my IBS in a big way, I have a bowl of porridge and I'm in agony!