Eat Whole, Natural foods for a Trim, Healthy Body

Clean up your plate
'Eat clean' advocates say dump the junk for health food

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Evelyn Theiss

Plain Dealer Reporter

Excerpts from the title link article are in bold italic:

... 80 percent of what you look like has to do with what you eat. (The other 20 percent is divided evenly between genetics and your workout routine.)


That's right: 80 percent of it is about the food. So if you work out like a fiend, and you don't understand why you're still overweight and flabby, it's time to look at what you're putting in your mouth -- specifically, whether you are "eating clean."

Chances are, you're not. Most Americans, in this land of processed, refined, prepared and takeout food are right there with you. They're eating food that's so processed and broken down, with so much sugar added, it can't fill them up or satisfy their nutritional needs. Yet such a diet gives them too many calories, as well as unhealthy cravings for more of the same.


There are many tips in the article for "eating clean", along with discussions about the three books at the top of the list below.

(Purchasing books through the following links will help support this blog.)



Other books of interest for healthy food choices (from my own cookbook library):







I began collecting cookbooks from the Moosewood Restaurant in 1977. I am originally from Northern New York, and have eaten at the restaurant. Yummy!

More cookbooks from Moosewood. (I do not own these, but imagine the recipes are just as tasty as in the ones on my shelf.)



A healthy diet creates peace within the body.