What is the ultimate clean plate according to Gwyneth Paltrow? Zoom in on the Clean Eating method, the Goop version of the queen of healthy.
Revealed in Seven, Oscar-winning for Shakespeare in Love, actress Gwyneth Paltrow, Brad Pitt's ex (we almost forgot), is also the new wellness guru. With the arrival of her children, she abandoned the film sets and launched her blog Goop in 2008, which has since become a successful e-commerce site. The idea? To share with her fans, her life, her travels, her sources of inspiration and... especially her recipes. Except that Gwyneth is THE green it-girl before her time. As a result, some people consider her a visionary. Her feats of arms? Talking about healthy smoothies, detox cures, macrobiotic health food and kale before anyone else... Since then, a documentary series on Netflix has been dedicated to her, she has published numerous books, launched podcasts and given conferences on living well in green mode. So what does Gwyneth Paltrow's clean eating method reveal to us foreating healthy ?
Gwyneth's Clean Eating is a vegetarian diet
Meat is a no-no ... ever since her friend Leonardo di Caprio described to her in great detail the suffering of animals and the excesses of industrial farming, Gwyneth Paltrow became a vegetarian 20 years ago. In this area, her plate is clean.
Gluten free
His father's cancer, around the same time, made him question the link between diet and illness. His healthy diet has therefore excluded, in addition to meat, gluten . No more pasta, rice, bread and industrial cakes.
A detox, juice and smoothie cure
This is THE thing to remember from Gwyneth. The queen of healthy is crazy about juices and other smoothies with more or less rare ingredients. But the idea is to load your body with vitamins and minerals from plants and seeds. She is also the one who made kale fashionable, before anyone else. More classically, Gwyneth advises drinking a glass of water with lemon every morning. After rinsing your mouth with coconut oil (to remove all the nasty bacteria from the night).
A new detox every year
As a resolution, every beginning of January, Gwyneth offers a cure to follow the " New Year Detox ". It is a "little challenge" offered to her followers on her site. It is her healthy diet with the list of foods to ban and many recipe suggestions. In 2021, it is a 5-day detox cure to cleanse your body. Exit coffee, alcohol, dairy products, gluten, corn, nightshades, soy (but not tofu), refined sugar , shellfish, white rice and eggs. And make way for a clean plate with all the other vegetarian and healthy foods.
We like: stealing recipe ideas (to be adapted according to the foods available). The shopping list to download directly and the smart advice distributed throughout the site.
Eating with Joy
Much like Marie Kondo and tidying up, Gwyneth suggests choosing foods that bring us joy (even if it means deviating a little from the official list) and eating mindfully. Similarly, you can eat more if you're hungry and less if your body doesn't ask for anything. The idea is to listen to yourself.
Prepare a healthy diet in advance
Not stupid when you know how complicated it is to eat healthily. Gwyneth suggests preparing a large part of her menus (or at least the ingredients) on Sunday. That way, you'll be relaxed during the week. Especially if you eat lunch at the office.
Plan snacks for a clean plate
Rather salty and very Instagrammable, Gwyneth's snacks are more like Top Chef Healthy than like the wonder woman in a hurry. Examples: apple rings or French Fries (Gwyneth looooves them) with avocado oil, which take quite a long time to prepare. Otherwise, there is always the vegetable dip option with special sauce.
Still in his healthy eating program, the idea is to eat something salty to last until dinner, which you will preferably eat early (it's good with the curfew), it's easier for digestion.
Take food supplements
Gwyneth, the entrepreneurial type, touts her own supplements and can't start her day without Good's Morning Skin Superpowder ($60), which doubles as orange juice and provides a good dose (thankfully) of vitamins and antioxidants.
Taking care of your intestinal microbiota
The stomach being our second brain , if the stomach is healthy, everything is fine. Hence the idea of detoxifying the body and preferably eating unprocessed foods afterwards so as not to attack the walls of our intestine, fight against bloating and regain a fresh complexion.
Overuse aromatic herbs and chia
Sprinkle your salads with parsley, coriander, chives and other chia seeds. It's fresh, it's pretty and it's full of benefits for healthy eating.
Gwyneth Paltrow is less criticized in the clean eating sector (except for the choice of rare and therefore expensive foods) than for her miracle health recipes. We remember in particular the many controversies (with lawsuits to follow) concerning the alleged benefits of jade eggs in the vagina, colon detox with coffee and other intimate washing with steam…). All the said accessories are of course sold on her platform. In short, as with all methods, not everything is good to take… choose only what suits you best and throw the rest in the trash… to recycle!
