Eating Clean – Get Started Today!
What does it mean to ‘Eat Clean’ ?
Simply put, eating clean is diet philosophy that encourages eating more whole, natural foods and less highly processed foods like chips, frozen meals, or anything that comes in package. Eating clean is a diet that is much easier to maintain for many years than trying to count carbs or measure serving sizes.
Avoid Foods that aren’t Natural
I’m not referring to the label ‘Natural’ on a bag of chips. When I say natural, I mean it’s natural form – how the food would be found growing in nature.
The principal you want to keep in mind when shifting to a clean eating diet is to avoid eating foods that are drastically altered from their natural form. Some examples would include choosing a whole apple instead of apple juice; selecting a fresh chicken breast instead of chicken nuggets, or nibbling on fresh vegetables instead of vegetable chips.
Making snacks and meals yourself means you can control the amount of salt, the types of fats and oils added and greatly reduce the amount of preservatives and other chemicals that you consume.
You can Prepare these Healthy Recipes at Home
Clean eating does require that you prepare more meals yourself. Although it can be overwhelming at first, here are a few easy recipes that you can start with to develop your cooking confidence.
- Butternut Squash Soup | 15 mins
- Cool Cucumber Gazpacho | 5 mins
- Autumn Harvest Sweep Potato Carrot Coconut soup | 40 mins
- Tofu and Peas Curry in a Cashew Yogurt Sauce | 25 mins
Are you Struggling with Weight Loss?
Eating clean is one way people lose weight. Depending on your current diet and medical conditions, eating clean may not be enough to reach your weight loss goals. As a metabolic doctor, I employ a combination of methods to help my patients lose weight. Since every person’s current medical conditions and weight loss goals are different, I create a unique program for each person. My programs can include any combination of the following methods:
- Optimization of current medications, removal/substitution of obesogenic medications if appropriate
- Prescribe weight loss medication
- Diet advice
- Meal planning (upon request)
- Treatment of phycological conditions that might be contributing to emotional eating
- Employment of intermittent fasting
Start Your Weight Loss Journey Today!
I have 3 office locations in New Jersey. If you would like help losing weight, please contact the most convenient office location and schedule a comprehensive medical weight loss evaluation.
