You’ve heard of the show The Cleaner? Meet The EAT Cleaner, helping you kick your food vices in the badonkadonk.

For us, diet is a 4-letter word. It conjures up visions of starvation, sacrifice and self-induced torture and ultimately, sabotage. When you have to find excuses to cheat no other than your own conscience, you know there’s something broken. If you’re a fan of word puzzles then you don’t need to look much further than our very own moniker to shedding unwanted pounds.

Get Lean by Getting Cleaner.

When you’re about to say something you shouldn’t, you might bite your tongue. The fact is much or your ability to control your entire body lies in that little pink bundle of muscle. Your natural ability to sense sweet, sour, salty and bitter are there but sweet and salty are heightened by your sense of smell, making foods that fall into those categories that much more difficult to resist.

Don’t despair. For every ‘vice’, there’s a delicious alternative that will satisfy your cravings and your wagging tongue’s need to feed. It may just require a little retraining for your tongue. Even kids have to try something new 8 times before they give them the boot.

Here’s just a few of our EAT Cleaner solutions that deliver sounder nutrition with every guilt-free bite. Just don’t eat the whole bag.

Potato Chips

Homemade: Baked whole wheat spelt or pita chips with Chia or Flax seed or Kale brushed with olive oil and dusted with paprika

Store Bought: Annie Chun’s Seaweed strips – Try Wasabi flavored, they’re addictive

Soda

Homemade: Sparkling or Ionized water with Fresh Cucumber slices and a squeeze of Lime or a light puree of fresh fruit

Store Bought: Izze Sparkling Juice – Clementine and Pomegranate flavors satisfy your sweet and fizzy cravings with no artificial flavors or sweeteners

French Fries

Homemade: French Bean Fries, Carrot Sticks and Zucchini Spears steamed, then lightly brushed with sesame oil and sesame seeds and then baked in the oven until crisp

Store bought:  Trader Joe’s Sweet Potato Fries baked in the oven and coated with fresh garlic and parsley

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Homemade: Toasted spelt tortillas with almond butter and honey or oatmeal cookies filled with date

Store Bought: Kashi Oatmeal Raisin Flax Cookies

Ice cream

Homemade: Blend almond milk with your favorite greek yogurt and a spoon of honey and a few spoonfuls of raw almonds. Freeze and eat.

Store Bought: Ciao Bella Gelato, made with real ingredients. Just a few bites should do the trick.

For more information, visit us at  www.eatcleaner.com and join the Cleaner Plate Club.