The act of clean eating involves eating whole foods such as vegetables, nuts, fruits, lean proteins while staying away from processed foods typically found in most diets. In other words, clean eating denotes tidying up ones eating habits. Some people chose clean eating for the purposes of losing weight, while others chose this style of eating primarily for health purposes. So before heading to the grocery store to buy groceries, there are certain foods you should include on your grocery list to ensure you are practicing clean eating to the fullest.
Fruits and Vegetables
Include lots of fresh fruit and vegetables on your clean eating grocery list. Fruit should include berries such as blueberries, blackberries, strawberries and raspberries. Apples, pears, bananas and avocado are also good choices. Your list should also include vegetables such as lettuce, broccoli, turnip, sweet potatoes, onions, mushrooms and tomato.
Dairy
Add dairy sources to your grocery list such as skim milk, fat-free soy-milk, rice milk or almond milk. Purchase olive-oil based margarine and avoid margarine made with transfat. Look for fat-free, sugar-free plain yogurts instead of those ridden with sugar. Watch the nutritional counts on the nutrition labels.
Proteins
Include healthy proteins such as lean ground turkey, lean ground chicken, beef tenderloin, pork tenderloin and chicken breast. Seafood proteins such as salmon, tilapia, cod and other types of white fish are great clean food sources. Silken tofu is another great protein source.
Nuts, Seeds and Oils
Include healthy sources of fat such as nuts, seeds and oils your clean eating grocery list. Go for unsalted almonds, walnuts, cashews, unsalted sunflower seeds instead of salted ones. All natural nut and seed butters such are an alternative to sweetened, processed nut butters such as peanut butter. Include healthy oils like flax seed oil, extra virgin olive oil and safflower oil. These oils area great for pouring over salads and for cooking.
Whole Grains
Include excellent whole grain choices such as rye bread, whole grain crackers and whole grain cereals. Spelt and whole wheat flours make a great alternative to processed white flour. Oatmeal, quinoa and brown rice are great whole grain clean eating sources.
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