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and it spread from there — mostly

through word of mouth — into

a program whose title book The

Whole30: The 30-Day Guide to Total

Health and Food Freedom (Houghton

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on the list for more than 120 weeks.

What the Whole30 Is Not

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go through your Whole30 eating

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allowed to eat junk food or treats

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that’s the one rule that differentiates

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the foods you would otherwise

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healthier ways to show yourself self-

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The Impact of Your Food Choices

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the true purpose of the plan is to

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mind and the body to your food

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1 is very appealing to a lot of people

in order to get grounded again.

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Hack the Whole30

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“ In general, the holidays are a time of

overconsumption, so the idea of a mindset

reset for January 1 is very appealing to a lot

of people in order to get grounded again.”

Discovering

this article after

January? Give

it a try anyway.

The Whole30 is

popular year-round

and any time is

a great time to

reset your health.

46 cleaneating.com JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2019