Today, I want to talk about clean eating and how it affects the gluten-free diet.

What is Clean Eating?

Clean eating is a diet that focuses on natural, processed foods, and when I say diet, I’m not talking about the latest and greatest weight loss program. In this case, I’m talking about a way of eating. The focus with a clean diet is on fruits, vegetables, meats, and in our case, gluten-free grains in their most natural, unprocessed form.


The idea behind clean eating is to get back to consuming fresh, unprocessed foods that contain their full nutritional value. As an added bonus they aren’t stuffed full of preservatives, additives and flavor enhancers. The main reason for choosing to stick to a clean diet is to eat healthier.

How “clean” you make your diet is up to you. Some proponents of this way of eating insist that you should only consume completely unprocessed foods. Others are comfortable enjoying things like butter, cheese, cured meats and cultivated vegetables like Sauerkraut. Personally, I don’t consider those processed foods. The processed foods I’m concerned about are the boxed crap like Hamburger Helper, boxed macaroni and cheese, pop tarts, you get the idea. How far you take it is up to you. Even cleaning up your diet just a little by cutting out fast food burgers and creating freezer meals will help.


