Tuesday, 8 July 2008

How to Eat Clean

I advise that all of my clients eat clean for the first 30 days of any programme they start with me, this helps to get their body functioning properly and improves their ability to achieve their goals.

So what exactly is eating clean?
The aim of eating clean is to reduce the amount of toxins you take in to your body. Many of the foods we commonly shop for contain ingredients that our bodies find hard to process and are considered to be a toxin by your system. Your body will then store these away in fat until it has time to process it. We know the effects of some of the obvious toxins without being told; the reason many of us drink alcohol is for the toxic effect of being drunk, however we then complain when the toxic effect of hangover hits us.

The main things that may cause our systems a problem are:
Alcohol, Sugar, Wheat and Gluten, Dairy (except butter and natural live yogurt), Caffeine and all Processed Foods. I will go into more details of why each of these causes our system a problem in later posts.

The standard response I get when suggesting this programme is: ‘What will I eat?’ My answer is always the same, ‘Foods which are natural, wholesome and supportive to your body’. We always focus on what we can’t have rather than everything else that is available. The basic rule of thumb is; if you can pick it, dig it, catch it and eat it, then it should be okay, obviously there are exceptions to the rule and common sense should prevail.

It is hard to begin with but if you follow my eating clean advice 100% you will feel great, lose tons of fat and inches, sleep better and have better skin. My fat loss groups achieve fantastic results following this programme 100% for 30 days and then using the 80/20 rule (more to follow).

If you would like more information regarding my programmes or eating clean, please send me an email: darren@achieve.me.uk; if you would like to read more on the subject Paul Chek's book How to Eat, Move and Be Healthy is fantastic and does exactly what it says on the tin.

Be strong, eat clean
Darren

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