What is Clean Eating?

It is eating real, whole, unprocessed food as close to its natural state as possible, most of the time.

Examples:

• Vegetables

• Fruits

• High quality carbs (sweet potatoes, whole grain)

• High quality sources of protein (fish, eggs, chicken)

• Healthy fats (nuts, avocados)

Dirty Dozen: Foods that have the highest levels of pesticide residue.

• Strawberries

• Spinach

• Kale, collard & mustard greens

• Nectarines

• Apples

• Grapes

• Cherries

• Peaches

• Pears

• Bell & Hot peppers

• Celery

• Tomatoes

Clean Fifteen: Nearly 70% of the "Clean" fruit and vegetable samples had no pesticide residues.

• Avocado

• Sweet corn

• Pineapple

• Onion

• Papaya

• Sweet peas

• Eggplant

• Asparagus

• Broccoli

• Cabbage

• Kiwi

• Cauliflower

• Mushrooms

• Honeydew melon

• Cantaloupe