Eating clean doesn’t need to be hard. We just need to focus on getting back to the basics. Our bodies crave nourishment. Our cells need the nutrients from real food to be truly fulfilled and sustained, and to keep us feeling good. This doesn’t mean you have to shift to a diet completely of fruits + veggies, it means making small shifts in your everyday life that allow you to start living a life closer to the clean, plant-based, and healthy lifestyle you crave.

With our modern sedentary, high stress lifestyles, where reliance on fast foods is common, and our schedules are packed to the brim, our bodies are dealing with chronic stress and inflammation far too often. Shifting to a mostly whole foods, plant-based diet is the best route for reducing inflammation, so here are 9 anti-inflammatory foods you can work on incorporating into your life.

Mindful eating is a branch of mindfulness: being present in the here and now; being aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us. 

Throughout the physical act of eating, mindful eating means a reconnection with your food.