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ENGLISH BITES
por Erika Belmonte
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Episode 87:
“10 reasons why you should eat clean!”

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Do you struggle with healthy eating…because you’re not quite

sure what that means?
Maybe your doctor told you that you need to lose weight.
Maybe you’re sick and tired of being the self-deprecating big
guy/girl in your group of friends.

Maybe you just had your first kid and realized you need to be
there for him growing up.
Maybe you woke up this morning, looked in the mirror, and
finally came to the realization that it’s time to start taking care
of yourself.

Whatever your reason is for wanting to make a change, you’re

not alone! Every day, thousands of people make the decision
to start eating better and losing weight…and every day those
thousands of people don’t really have any plan or idea what
they’re doing.

After all, there are so many freaking decisions to be made:

• Should I follow the food pyramid?
• Should I be counting all of my calories?
• What about “heart healthy” whole grains?
• Should I be doing Keto? Paleo? Intermittent fasting?
• How many Twinkies can I fit in my mouth?

You are what you eat. It’s cliché, but true.

The food you put in your body is not only the fuel for activity
but it’s ultimately the building blocks of your cells, so it’s
literally true, you actually are what you eat. Unfortunately the
typical American diet isn’t very nutritious. Most meals consist
of overly refined, nutrient sparse, additive laden food. This is
one of the primary reasons so many people are sick and tired
all the time. Clean eating is the opposite. At it’s core it’s the
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concept of eating whole, unprocessed, “natural” food. The

fewer steps food takes from its original form to your table the
better. Once you’ve started to eat clean you’ll experience
some amazing things.

• Once you start eating clean, and you’re actually fueling

your body for the first time, you won’t believe how much
energy you have. Clean eaters quickly realize how little
energy they had before when their diet revolved around
overly processed “junk” food.

• Once you start eating a variety of fruits and vegetables

you provide yourself with all the building blocks for a
robust and responsive immune system. Clean eaters
know that if they do get sick, it’s probably not going to
last for long, be as severe and it’s not going to happen
again for a while.

3. Let’s face it, you’ve got to do something with all that extra
energy. Hitting the gym, lifting weights, going for a run
and being excited to do it, is a trademark of the clean
eating lifestyle.

4. When you work out you tear your body down, actually
damaging muscles, ligaments, tendons and stressing
bones. What you eat provides the materials used to
repair, rebuild and grow those structures as well as build
enzymes to help create energy during your next workout.
Clean eaters, because of their nutrient dense diets, have
the raw materials available for rebuilding and recovery all
the time. They may get sore after a really hard work out,
but because eating clean is about fueling your body,
they’re recovered and ready to go sooner than most.

5. Improving nutritional deficiencies, reducing inflammation,

improving cholesterol, lowering blood pressure. All are
some of the results that are common with the type of

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nutrient rich, high fiber, healthy fat laden diet that you
follow.

6. Your skin is the body’s largest organ. You’re providing

your skin with all the nutrients (protein, Omega-3 fatty
acids, and zinc among others) it needs for to repair,
regrow and remain healthy.

7. Eating clean and drinking water go hand in hand. And

we’re talking a lot of water all day. You, as a clean eater,
might not remember the last time your urine wasn’t clear
or nearly clear and that’s usually a good thing. Clear,
or nearly clear urine is a good indication that you’re well
hydrated.

8. Lots of water and lots of fiber equals a super regular

digestive tract, and that’s a very good thing. Besides that
fact that being constipated feels awful, there are a LOT of
negative health consequences that have been linked to
constipation such as colonic conditions, hemorrhoids, anal
fissures, fecal incontinence, and urologic disorders that
you don’t have to worry about.

9. Eventually you’re going to have a night out, be on

vacation, at a birthday party or just plain really want some
ice cream. But you if you’ve been eating clean you don’t
need to worry or feel guilty about it because one
nutritional “slip up” doesn’t make or break a lifestyle. You
know you’re able to enjoy those things guilt free because
you’ll be back to your normal “clean” diet ASAP.

10. Ever eat a big salad and steak and not be able to
resist polishing off that bag of Oreo’s? Probably not. Foods
high in water content, fiber and protein fill you up quickly
and digest slowly. This means you’ll feel full longer and
it’s less likely you’ll crave junk food.

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Eating clean isn’t about being on a short term “diet” that

is overly restrictive and leaves you hungry all the time.
Eating clean is about eating whole, nutritious foods and
the amazing things that happen to you once you do start
eating clean.

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