Clean Eating: The Ultimate Guide to Plan Fast and Budget-Friendly Meals for Your Healthy Lifestyle

By Natalie Bennett

Are You Looking for a Complete Guide to Help you Plan Fast and Budget-Friendly Meals for a Healthy Lifestyle?

The concept of clean eating is not new, on the contrary: it is essentially a healthy and complete diet. So it's not a diet? No, it is a lifestyle that leads you to eat healthily and consciously.

The focus is on fresh, unprocessed foods with a balanced ratio of carbohydrates, fats and proteins.

This essential guide explains how simple can be take care of yourself with eating clean!

You will find:

- How to understand your diet and your health

- The problem of ready meals and snacks

- Putting it all together for clean and simple nutrition

- How to cook faster and spend less time in the kitchen

-Simple options for breakfast, lunch, dinner, to start well 

- and more...

If you want to find out how to get incredible benefits from eating clean, this manual is for you, you can finally cook delicious and healthy recipes even if you are a beginner.

Buy it NOW and get addicted to this amazing book!
 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Natalie Bennett
• Release date: Mar 19, 2021
• ISBN: 9781393581482

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Introduction

You Really Are What You Eat!

Have you ever heard the saying: ‘you are what you eat’?

On the face of it, this might seem like something of a meaningless statement. Sure, it sounds good.... But what does it mean?

While the saying might be clichéd, the fact is that it is far more accurate than most people realize. You literally are what you eat; to the point where every molecule in your body will have come from something you consumed (or your mother consumed if you are still young!).

This is perhaps most apparent when you look at protein. When you consume protein, your body breaks it down into the constituent amino acids. These amino acids are then in turn recombined to form our muscles, our hormones, our bones and even our brains!

Meanwhile, we use acids from our foods to trigger reactions between the different nutrients in our diets and to allow them to combine and dissolve, as necessary. Vitamins and minerals perform a range of other tasks, further aiding in the construction of various body parts, hormones, neurotransmitters, bones and more.

Your body simply recycles what you put into it and uses it to keep on building you.

At the same time, it is also our food that gives us the energy we need to function. Carbohydrates and fats fuel the process of constantly healing, growing, and changing our bodies as well as being used for their nutrition as well.

And our bodies adapt to the amount of energy and the amount of sustenance they are given. If we do not get enough of what we need, then gradually our bodies change shape to do without. If we eat too many calories, we store them as fats. If we consume too much sugar, we become less sensitive to insulin...

So, understand this: our bodies are constantly changing. The only question then is whether you want to be growing, improving, or deteriorating.

The biggest deciding factor in determining this outcome? That would be your diet!

Why Change Your Diet?

So why change your diet?

There are countless reasons to put in the effort here. As we have just learned; our bodies are literally made from what we eat.

That means that the better, clean food we eat, the more healthy and powerful we look!

Of course, that means more lean muscle, but it also means better skin, hair, and nails. And whiter eyes...

Moreover though, the more nutritious food you eat – and the less rubbish – the better everything will function. The biggest causes of death by far are preventable progressive diseases and many of these could be counteracted with the right diet. If you eat right, you will be less at risk of just about every serious health problem under the sun and your life expectancy will be significantly increased.

What is more is that the food you eat will also contribute to the way you feel on a day-to-day basis. If you eat the right diet then you can expect to have higher energy levels, a better mood and even a higher IQ. You will have better energy efficiency, and this will allow you to concentrate better, to see further, to think faster and to perform better in athletics.

In short, a good diet makes you better in every way. And when you are better, you perform better, and life gets better.

Still not convinced this is worth the time and effort? Then consider the impact it can have on your family. If you eat right, then this will help your family to improve their health too as they will likely eat what you eat.

If you are pregnant or breastfeeding this becomes an even more important factor, as the food you consume will now directly be also consumed by your children.

And if you are considering having food soon, then your diet can change your gene expression which means that what you eat now could affect the heath of your children years later...

Why You Should Choose a Clean Eating Lifestyle

Clean eating is a lifestyle trend that has been growing in popularity over the past few years. Clean eating focuses on whole, unrefined foods rather than pre-cooked or processed alternatives.

The alternatives tend to have much of their nutritional value removed because of making them last longer or cost less. Does your diet consist mostly of fast food or instant meals? Here are a few of the thing you can gain by adopting a clean eating lifestyle.

A Healthier Heart

Many whole foods can have a positive impact on your heart health. Nuts are high in heart-healthy nutrients such as vitamin E, omega-3 fatty acids and fiber.

Almonds are particularly high in monounsaturated fats, which help lower the levels of bad cholesterol in your blood.

Whole grains such as brown rice, oats, or whole wheat bread are also great sources of fiber, which helps your body to