{"id":5407,"date":"2014-10-30T09:57:07","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T13:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/?p=5407"},"modified":"2014-10-29T22:58:27","modified_gmt":"2014-10-30T02:58:27","slug":"clean-eating-tips-get-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/clean-eating-tips-get-started\/","title":{"rendered":"Clean Eating: Tips to Get Started"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t know about you but I try to keep a healthy lifestyle for myself and my family. \u00a0It’s not always easy and temptations abound. \u00a0With three active and busy kids, it’s hard to always find the time to eat well and exercise, but I do try. \u00a0I’m even more motivated now postpartum with my third and likely last kid. Here’s a guest post with some great tips to help you and your family live and eat healthy.<\/p>\n

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Whether you are newly interested in fitness and health or just looking for a new routine, many trendy diets sound either too gimmicky or too restrictive. Along with the Paleo diet, the gluten-free diet, and the raw food diet, \u201cclean eating” popularly enters the conversation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, unlike the fad diets, clean eating advocates a nutritionally complete diet that’s easy to maintain and sets up long-term lifestyle changes. It’s not about how much you eat as much as about food’s freshness and quality.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ready to energize, lose weight, and feel great? Follow these easy tips to start clean eating and improve your health.<\/span><\/p>\n

Skip Processed and Go Natural<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Processed foods offer convenience but at a heavy cost. Essentially, kick out all the whites — including sugar, flour, rice, etc. — and read ingredients carefully.<\/span><\/p>\n

Completely unprocessed foods include fresh fruit and vegetables, dried legumes, nuts, and farm-fresh eggs. Minimally processed foods like grain-fed beef and hormone-free dairy also fit the diet. Unrefined grains such as brown rice, whole-wheat bread and pasta, and quinoa are all good clean eating choices.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eat various vegetables zealously, but take more caution with fruit. Though essential, too much fruit tampers with blood sugar levels. The two food groups should account for about three-fifths<\/a> of each meal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Also, make sure to space out your protein intake, including some in every meal. Protein builds muscle and keeps you fuller longer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hydrate Often<\/span><\/h2>\n

In general, drink water for hydration since soda contains major sugar, diet sodas compensate with artificial sweeteners, and fruit juices mix refined sugars with already high levels of natural sugar. Sorry, but alcohol too gets the boot — it’s a toxin.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sugary drinks can potentially add 400-500 calories to a diet whereas water flushes out toxins, boosts your metabolism, and helps your body absorb vitamins and minerals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Drink at least eight<\/a>\u00a0six- to\u00a0twelve-ounce glasses of water daily. Adding half of a lemon’s juice to warm water helps digestion and aids immunity. Supplement with unsweetened teas and modest coffee intake, but try to keep your caffeine intake to the morning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Monitor Fats, Sugar, and Sodium<\/span><\/h2>\n

Naturally, most clean foods already are low in fat, sugar, and sodium. Processed foods feature heavy-handed additives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Substitute refined sugar and artificial sweeteners with natural options such as honey, maple syrup, dehydrated sugar cane juice, and coconut oil.<\/span><\/p>\n

Coconut oil, olive oil, and nut oils also aid in cooking as appropriate and healthy fats. Good fats also include fish, avocados, eggs, dairy, nuts, and grass-fed beef. Start a meal plan or food journal to help keep the bad ingredients at bay, and look for alternative\u00a0healthy products from BodyApplicators.com<\/a>\u00a0that can help make your diet a success.<\/span><\/p>\n

Portion Control<\/span><\/h2>\n

Some nutritionists advise five to six meals a day. Usually, this translates to three moderate\u00a0meals and two smaller snacks.<\/p>\n

This eating pattern promotes continuous fat-burning, unlike skipping meals which causes the body to go into starvation mode, clinging to calories and as much fat as possible.<\/p>\n

Still, calorie intake remains a factor regardless of your meal’s ingredients. Whether you stick to three regular meals or up the count, don’t overdo the portions.<\/p>\n

Allow for Indulgences<\/span><\/h2>\n

Binge snacking tempts any dieter. However, clean eating doesn’t mean perfect, one hundred percent adherence. Treating yourself certainly isn’t prohibited.<\/span><\/p>\n

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However, define your treat in frequency, type, and quantity. Some clean eaters opt for an entire “cheat day,” while others bend the rules at one meal per every week or two. Will you allow a dessert? Or simply add some extra cheese to your pasta?<\/span><\/p>\n

Regardless, stay consistent, and make sure you don’t break your clean eating routine<\/a> every day. Plus, dig into clean-eating recipe books; even old favorites get a suitable revamp by substituting ingredients.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Exercise<\/span><\/h2>\n

For optimal health, you need to focus on physical fitness; it is the ideal complement to clean eating. Regular exercise allows you to burn more calories while resting, tone and build muscle, and boost heart, lung, and bone strength.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Choose rejuvenation. Join the clean eating movement for a happier life from the inside out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post written by Miles Young. However, I do believe and advocate that families support a healthy lifestyle and think that these are some great tips.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I don’t know about you but I try to keep a healthy lifestyle for myself and my family. \u00a0It’s not always easy and temptations abound. \u00a0With three active and busy kids, it’s hard to always find the time to eat well and exercise, but I do try. \u00a0I’m even more motivated now postpartum with my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Looking for tips on maintaining a healthy lifestyle? 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