Clean Eating Grocery List

Hydration: One of the Cornerstones of Clean Eating

Clean eating also means healthy hydration. Drinking lots of fluids is vital for our health, well-being, and athletic performance. You should mostly stick to water, tea, and coffee. No matter how clean your eating is, if you’re not getting adequate hydration your mitigating that positive effect. (3)

Shoot for between 8 and 15 glasses of water each day, depending on your size and activity level. The benefits of proper hydration are bountiful, ranging from improved health to improved looks. So never skimp on proper hydration.

Carbs And Weight Gain

Carbs are not inherently bad or evil. But, if you gain weight easily, watch your carb intake and mostly time it around your workouts for fuel. Examples include bread, pasta, potatoes, corn, sugary cereals, fruit juices, and such.

And if you are very carb sensitive, you likely want to limit your carbs to around two days a week. Most people, even those very fit, have one or two cheat days a week, and these are good carb days. You can have low-carb foods on other days, just keep them in check.

And when you do eat carbs, focus on healthy, complex carbs. These really are powerhouse foods that need to be a part of your diet, even if you are carb sensitive. Don’t feel bad, as most people are carb sensitive evidenced by the high percentage of overweight adults. (4)

On the other hand, if you find that you gain weight incredibly slowly, then go ahead and consume more carbs – there is absolutely nothing wrong with them. But do make sure that most of them come from whole and minimally-processed foods.

How to Make Your Clean Eating Grocery List

To create the most efficient clean eating grocery list, add foods that you eat most of the time. These should be foods you enjoy having, and you know to be healthy and nourishing. Occasionally, you can also add different foods that you want to try.

By doing it that way, you make it effortless to grocery shop and prepare meals. Creating a budget is also simpler because your weekly or monthly costs don’t fluctuate much.

It’s okay for your clean eating list to include some ‘cheat’ items. Having the occasional treat is beneficial and even mandatory for your sanity. If you deprive yourself too much, you’re much more likely to give up. Your diet needs to be sustainable in the long run, and you need to be okay with it.

Fad diets generally don’t work for people because they are not sustainable. Plus, they go out of fashion quickly and are replaced by a new and shiny diet. 

That is why it is always best to get the fundamentals sound. Eat a balanced, healthy diet on most days, and this is the most sustainable pattern over the long haul.

Consistency Is Key With a Clean Eating Grocery List

As cliché as it may sound, consistency is the essence of progress and lasting change. The problem with most eating approaches is that they are not sustainable. As a result, we can’t be consistent with them, and we end up failing. This is why 70%+ of adults in Western countries are overweight or obese.

To be consistent with healthy nutrition, make your clean eating grocery list part of your weekly schedule, and stick to these healthy foods around 80 percent of the time. As we discussed above, the remaining twenty percent should give you the dietary freedom you need to enjoy your nutrition and stay sane.

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