Whole30: Beginner’s Guide, What to Eat and Avoid, Advantages, and More
On Whole30, you can eat many of the fresh foods commonly found in a traditionally healthy diet. But unlike on some other plans, you have to steer clear of all grains, legumes, and dairy. Marti´ Sans/Stocksy Giving up a favorite meal isn’t easy, and yet changing the foods you put on your plate could have a positive impact on your body — not just in terms of weight loss, but also physically and mentally. If you’ve been feeding your body junk and you’re seeing the effects of an unhealthy diet , the Whole30 program might be the right fit for you. Melissa Urban and Dallas Hartwig, certified sports nutritionists and authors of the New York Times bestseller The Whole30: The 30-Day Guide to Total Health and Food Freedom , created this monthlong clean-eating plan in 2009. This program, which proponents describe as a nutritional reset, doesn’t promise weight loss, but it does promote self-awareness with regards to how your body responds to food. An Overv...