clean eating

[ kleen ee-ting ]

noun

1. the dietary practice of reducing one’s consumption of processed and refined foods in favor of whole foods, as a means to promote or sustain good health:

   The recipe for this fresh, organic salsa is in her book about clean eating.

Word History and Origins

Origin of clean eating¹

First recorded in 2005–10

Example Sentences

Luckily, the same system that instigated mass disease and physical and psychic atrophy can invent a market for “clean eating,” the branded backlash against factory farming’s poisoning and genetic modification of your food and soil and water and air.

From Los Angeles Times

And sure, you may be able to get through a week or so, but you will get so bored that I guarantee you'll run right back towards that greasy pizza — and there's nothing wrong with that, outside of forgetting the reason why you tried clean eating in the first place.

From Salon

Clean eating is not as hard as you think; it can actually be pretty manageable sometimes.

From Salon

So many people feel like they have to abandon the feeling of biting into a hot burger when they begin their journeys of clean eating, but that could not be further from the truth.

From Salon

So, while I would never wait until the new year to start a brand new goal, I still would like to take the opportunity to introduce you to a clean eating hack I learned in 2023.

From Salon