Clean Eating

Clean eating, clean eating, what does it mean?!? My health journey over the past 15 years has led to a major shift in my diet. It began with a desire to just feel better and get my energy back so that I could do the most basic of functioning and survival throughout the day. Little people were depending on me to take care of them and feed them and it was a struggle to do even that. Over the course of this journey, I have tried SO MANY natural remedies...too many to even count. If it promised some help and relief, I gave it a try. The best food change I made was to go on the GAPS Diet. Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride is a brilliant physician who is both a Neurologist and Dietician. What a cool combination! The GAPS Diet stresses that things like depression, anxiety, autism, and ADD can be reversed through changing our diet! Say what?!?! I tried this diet with my sons and myself. We stuck to it very closely for two years and each of us saw various improvements in our health. I continue to follow this diet for the most part, but have made some slight modifications over the last couple of years. Overall, however, I am eating a clean diet.

This is what it looks like for me:

-Organic, grass-fed meats
-Organic, pastured chicken
-Wild Caught Fish
-Free-range Eggs (from chickens that are not fed soy)
-Vegetables
-Fruits
-Raw Honey
-Pure Maple Syrup
-Healthy Fats like Coconut Oil, Olive Oil, Avocados and Real Butter (Yum!)
-Raw Dairy
-Nuts, seeds and raisins
-Almond Butter and Peanut Butter
-Non-pasteurized sauerkraut or other fermented foods high in probiotics

Foods that I have on occasion, but not frequently:

-Sweet potato
-Lentils (sprouted)
-Sprouted bread
-Rolled or Steel Cut oats


Foods that I avoid completely:

-Sugar
-Bread (unless sprouted)
-Rice
-Pasta
-Corn (including corn syrup and any corn product)
-Soy
-Vegetable Oil, Soybean Oil, Canola Oil, Peanut Oil, other Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids
-Gluten