Nov 16, 2020
JUMPSTART YOUR CLEAN-EATING MEAL PLAN THIS WEEK WITH PAPAYA! | HERBAL GOODNESS
A clean-eating meal plan is an integral part of any healthy lifestyle or detox cleanse. As they say, “We are what we eat” and GIGO (garbage in, garbage out)! However, this is often easier said than done. Why? Because the process is as much psychological and emotional, as physical and intellectual. “We are what we eat” is really a two-way street. As our diets not only build our bodies but also reflect our minds. Overhauling both then means deprogramming many of our societal norms, ingrained habits, emotional triggers, and pop-cult Zeitgeist. In practice, this personal evolution is an ongoing journey of steadily replacing denatured junk food with more diverse, nutrient-dense, natural foods. Although, keep in mind that it is not necessary to literally replace each of these items one-for-one, per se.
For example, shifting to a more plant-based diet does not mean one must find copycat imitations of animal products that look, taste, and are named similarly! Beef does not have to be replaced with “veggie beef.” Milk does not need to be replaced with a white “nut milk” fortified with calcium.
Instead, why not just reboot from scratch, before mass agriculture and the whole industrial revolution?
As a healthy, well-rounded diet is much like a rainbow — vibrant, colorful, full-spectrum, and fulfilling! And our original, primal lifestyles were really the best reference point for this, not our modern, standard American diet (SAD).
Fact is, way back before vast, Edenic forests were replaced with sterile concrete and lawns worldwide, our primitive ancestors didn’t have to try hard to eat clean and healthily. They simply had no other choice.
All of their food was unavoidably hunted and foraged locally fresh, whole, organic, and non-GMO without pesticides, herbicides, or other artificial chemicals! Their untainted, sustainable food was better for both them and the planet. Whereas today, we now find ourselves in the opposite position.
