Synopses & Reviews
The fast and easy way to start eating cleanUsed as a way of life, clean eating can improve overall health, prevent disease, increase energy, and stabilize moods. Whether you've lived on white bread and trans fats all your life or are already health conscious, Eating Clean For Dummies embraces this lifestyle and provides you with an easy-to-follow guide to eliminating processed foods from your diet and improving your health (and budget) by eating clean.
Clean up your act — find out how the foods you eat affect your body and mind, understand the danger in processed and refined foods, and discover the many benefits of eating clean
Here's to living cleaner — get the scoop on how eating clean can help you live longer, fight illnesses like diabetes and heart disease, lose weight, and boost your energy
Start cookin', good lookin' — browse through a collection of quick and tasty recipes for every meal of the day, from eye-opening egg dishes to satisfying suppers and snacks
Make it personal — learn to keep a clean eating diet at restaurants and parties, deal with picky eaters at home, and get special dietary considerations if you're vegan or suffer from food allergies
Open the book and find:
The benefits of eating clean
How to identify and avoid preservatives and additives
The nutrients your body needs (and doesn't need)
Questions to ask about clean produce
Ways to deal with food allergies and sensitivities
Foods you should always buy organic
Tips for cooking food, storing food, and using leftovers
Recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks
Learn to:
Change your eating habits without sacrificing taste or breaking your budget
Improve your overall health, prevent disease, and stabilize moods
Make more than 40 delicious clean-eating recipes
Synopsis
The fast and easy way to eat cleanClean foods are natural; free of added sugars, hydrogenated fats, trans-fats, and anything else that is unnatural and unnecessary. Used as a way of life, clean eating can improve overall health, prevent disease, increase energy, and stabilize moods.
Whether you've lived on white bread and trans fats all your life and are looking to clean-up your diet, or are already health conscious, Eating Clean For Dummies embraces this lifestyle and provides you with an easy-to-follow guide to a clean-eating diet, recipes, and budgeting.
- The foundation of the clean eater's diet
- More than 40 clean-eating recipes
- Tips on how to change your eating habits without sacrificing taste or breaking your budget
- Tips to bring the whole family (even kids) on the path to a clean lifestyle
If you're part of the growing population of consumers coming to the realization of the harmful impacts that highly processed and unnatural foods have on your body, or are taking preventive measures to avoid metabolic syndromes and diabetes, this is your hands-on, friendly guide to clean-eating diet, recipes, and budgeting.
About the Author
Dr. Jonathan Wright, MD, America's Top Holistic Doctor, is the author of several books, publishes the monthly newsletter
Nutrition and Healing (with a subscriber base of over 100,000) and hosts the radio show
Green Medicine.
Linda Larsen is a nutritionist, recipe creator, and the author of 29 books.
Table of Contents
Introduction.Part I: Eating Clean: It Does a Body Good.
Chapter 1: Eating Clean for a Healthier Body, Mind, and Soul.
Chapter 2: Applying Eating Clean Principles to Daily Living.
Chapter 3: Nutrition Basics: You Really Are What You Eat.
Chapter 4: More about Nutrition: Phytochemicals, Water, and Fiber.
Chapter 5: Eat More, Eat Often!
Part II: Meeting Your Eating Clean Goals.
Chapter 6: Eating Clean for a Longer, Healthier, and More Active Life.
Chapter 7: Eating Clean to Prevent Disease.
Chapter 8: Eating Clean to Manage Diseases.
Part III: Planning and Preparing Your Eating Clean Adventure.
Chapter 9: Planning and Stocking the Eating Clean Kitchen.
Chapter 10: Incorporating Organic Food into Your Eating Clean Plan.
Chapter 11: Preparing Clean Foods.
Part IV: Adapting the Eating Clean Plan to Fit Your Life.
Chapter 12: Eating Clean on the Go and in Social Situations.
Chapter 13: Getting Your Family on the Bandwagon.
Chapter 14: Meeting Special Dietary Considerations.
Part V: Morning to Evening Recipes.
Chapter 15: Waking Up to Great Food: Satisfying Breakfast Recipes.
Chapter 16: Refueling Your Body with Some Smart Lunches.
Chapter 17: Sprucing Up Supper Time with Some Delicious Dinner Recipes.
Chapter 18: Enjoying the Fun Stuff: Desserts and Snacks.
Part VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Tell If Your Eating Clean Diet Is Working.
Chapter 20: Ten Foods to Always Put in Your Shopping Cart.
Index.