'Clean eating' spoilt my diet

Updated May 13 2014 - 6:20pm, first published 6:00pm
"Clean food" and "clean eating" have no agreed definition so they can mean pretty much whatever you like. Picture: iStock
"Clean food" and "clean eating" have no agreed definition so they can mean pretty much whatever you like. Picture: iStock

BuzzFeed unveiled "a two-week detox plan that's actually realistic" this week, and it made me want to throw a head of broccoli at my computer screen. Not because the menu is unappealing - the pictures and recipes appear delicious, actually. Not because the idea of detoxifying your body by dieting is a scam (although it is). Not because it proscribes caffeine and alcohol and provides 1300 to 1600 calories a day (which don't exactly sound "realistic" to me).

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