clean eating

American  

[kleen ee-ting] / ˈklin ˈi tɪŋ /

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.

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Etymology

Origin of clean eating

First recorded in 2005–10

Example Sentences

In the era of Ozempic and clean eating, the menu is kept simple; servers don’t have to interrupt diners’ conversations to offer a lengthy description.

From The Wall Street Journal

As the Associated Press reported, the company’s menu doesn’t exactly scream “clean eating.”

From Salon

He’s built a platform railing against processed food, calling it poison and preaching the gospel of clean eating.

From Salon

Her anorexia spiralled from clean eating she believed was healthy.

From BBC

In a world that prizes “clean eating,” orthorexia thrives, often hiding in plain sight.

From Slate