"Clean Eating" is a Scam
Oh my gosh what did she just say?!?!?!?!?
That's right- clean eating is a SCAM.
Let's break it down:
"Clean Eating" aka healthy, clean, safe, wholesome. The definition of clean eating is eating food in its most natural state- ok that's all fine and dandy but there is no mention to portion sizes, macros, etc.
Wait for it, wait for it: ANY FOOD THAT HAS CALORIES CAN TECHNICALLY BE BAD FOR YOU- IF CONSUMED IN EXCESS.
SO- eating 10,000 calories of broccoli is "clean" and if you aren't burning more than 10,000 calories a day- unless you're Michael Phelps- you're not. So, 10,000 calories of your precious broccoli will make you gain weight. No thanks.
Clean has literally has NO objective definition nor scientific support. It has also been proven to lead to eating disorders. Avoiding specific food or food groups is one of the defining characteristics of orthorexia nervosa aka binging and starving. It is literally MADE UP.
Your body does not have an indicator that states that all of your salmon will go to your muscles while sorbet during your treat meal will go to your fat because that's an "unclean" food. Literally NONSENSE.
Personally, when I went through my "clean eating" phase, I was CONSTANTLY thinking about the foods that I told myself I wasn't allowed to have. Starving for a week, binging for a few hours, starving for a week, so on and so forth.
Several points to remember:
Food doesn't make you gain fat- people over-eating food makes them overweight
Eating some of your calories from less nutrient dense sources IS NOT going to give you a nutrient deficiency
I am not trying to get any to drink the IIFYM koolaid. I do not believe in eating whatever you want as long as you hit your carbs, proteins, and fats- you still need to hit your fiber. You really need to watch the glycemic index and you will never see me post "pretty froyo carbs" at the end of the day because 1-i'm on prep and 2- i don't feel that the people promoting this type of IIFYM really even understand what they are doing (which is probably why you never see them explain why they eat ice cream and poptarts at 10pm).
In short: portion, macros, and live happily ever after.
That's right- clean eating is a SCAM.
Let's break it down:
"Clean Eating" aka healthy, clean, safe, wholesome. The definition of clean eating is eating food in its most natural state- ok that's all fine and dandy but there is no mention to portion sizes, macros, etc.
Wait for it, wait for it: ANY FOOD THAT HAS CALORIES CAN TECHNICALLY BE BAD FOR YOU- IF CONSUMED IN EXCESS.
SO- eating 10,000 calories of broccoli is "clean" and if you aren't burning more than 10,000 calories a day- unless you're Michael Phelps- you're not. So, 10,000 calories of your precious broccoli will make you gain weight. No thanks.
Clean has literally has NO objective definition nor scientific support. It has also been proven to lead to eating disorders. Avoiding specific food or food groups is one of the defining characteristics of orthorexia nervosa aka binging and starving. It is literally MADE UP.
Your body does not have an indicator that states that all of your salmon will go to your muscles while sorbet during your treat meal will go to your fat because that's an "unclean" food. Literally NONSENSE.
Personally, when I went through my "clean eating" phase, I was CONSTANTLY thinking about the foods that I told myself I wasn't allowed to have. Starving for a week, binging for a few hours, starving for a week, so on and so forth.
Several points to remember:
Food doesn't make you gain fat- people over-eating food makes them overweight
Eating some of your calories from less nutrient dense sources IS NOT going to give you a nutrient deficiency
I am not trying to get any to drink the IIFYM koolaid. I do not believe in eating whatever you want as long as you hit your carbs, proteins, and fats- you still need to hit your fiber. You really need to watch the glycemic index and you will never see me post "pretty froyo carbs" at the end of the day because 1-i'm on prep and 2- i don't feel that the people promoting this type of IIFYM really even understand what they are doing (which is probably why you never see them explain why they eat ice cream and poptarts at 10pm).
In short: portion, macros, and live happily ever after.
"Clean Eating" is a Scam
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