74 July 2013 www.womanthismonth.com Don’t confuse clean eating with other buzzwords in the nutrition world at the moment such as the paleo, raw food or the caveman diet as they may complement clean eating, but are what they say they are — diets! Highlighted by food in its purest form, meaning nothing processed or refined, clean eating is a sensible, healthy and conscientious approach to eating. Think home cooked meals with the freshest ingredients possible. As our experts reveal, with a little meal planning, anyone can serve up quick wholesome meals and have the peace of mind of knowing exactly what goes into your food. Living the clean eating way Our expert: Line Jin, CrossFit Level 1 trainer Bahrain resident Line Jin, fitness trainer and busy mother of three, is perhaps the ideal model of putting theory into action when it comes to clean eating. Line suffered for years from migraines, which were exacerbated during her last pregnancy where she was also hit with the shingles and psoriasis. Fed up with high doses of medication and a plethora of ointments, she felt it was time to take charge of her health. “I decided to do everything within my power to come off all drugs. In fact, I threw everything I had in the bin and from that day on it was all down to eating better,” reveals Line. She cut out dairy, wheat and ‘white stuff’ such as sugar, pasta and rice. She found replacements in homemade nut milks, pestos, flax crackers, quinoa and many more healthy food options. “In my opinion, clean eating is about eating whole foods in its purest form. This means one-ingredient foods: nothing processed, nothing man-made and nothing that comes out of a package that has a long list of LIFESTYLE | wellbeing Clean Eating: another Not Diet by SHAUNA NEARING LOEJ Another day, another diet? Not exactly. A new food movement has emerged called clean eating, which is a lifestyle concept that has people running from genetically modified foods, over-processed ingredients, pesticide-laden produce and returning to good wholesome meals.
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