{"id":207,"date":"2017-01-03T15:23:12","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T15:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/abigailthomas\/?p=207"},"modified":"2017-01-22T12:57:28","modified_gmt":"2017-01-22T12:57:28","slug":"the-glamorisation-of-clean-eating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/abigailthomas\/2017\/01\/03\/the-glamorisation-of-clean-eating\/","title":{"rendered":"The Glamorisation of Clean Eating"},"content":{"rendered":"

WHO PROMOTES CLEAN EATING ONLINE?<\/span><\/h3>\n

There is a particular demographic of people promoting clean eating online: slim, toned and tanned young men and women. This is seen most prominently on <\/span>Instagram<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

These people set the standard of how ‘healthy’ people should look and so have influence over the behaviour and confidence of others.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"#cleaneating

#cleaneating<\/a><\/span> has more than 27 million posts on Instagram.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Followers see\u00a0these men and women as the ideal and aspire to look just like them. This lifestyle is portrayed as one that will provide happiness and health within these images.<\/span><\/p>\n

FAKE REALITY<\/span><\/h3>\n

However, editing, lighting, framing and poses all play a part in the way these photos look.\u00a0The people running these Instagram accounts may not even follow the lifestyle they promote and their followers would be oblivious to this. This puts so much pressure onto their followers to look a certain way\u00a0which may be unachievable through clean eating.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some \u2018Instagram famous\u2019 people have exposed themselves of the lies they have told their followers within the clean eating frenzy. Essena O\u2019Neill<\/a><\/span> \u2018quit\u2019 social media last year because she presented a fake version of her life online. She claimed that she was guilty of selling a \u2018fake\u2019 reality to her followers via her Instagram account, which had over 500,000 followers at the time she deleted it. Essena used techniques such as not eating before taking photos of her\u00a0body\u00a0in a bikini to give herself the appearance of a slim and toned stomach and used editing and lighting to flatter her physique.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is so important not to take everything you see and read online as fact without questioning it first.<\/span><\/p>\n

MAKING A CHANGE<\/span><\/h3>\n

Mel Wells promotes a healthy outlook on food and wellness through the pictures she shares online. On her Instagram account @iammellwells<\/a><\/span>, she claims to be a Food and Body Freedom Coach.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Mel<\/a>

Mel Wells is positively influencing over 30,000 followers on Instagram.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cMake peace with food, love your body and reclaim your life\u201d. \u00a0Mel Wells,\u00a0The Goddess Revolution.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

She hopes to heal the damage caused by trends like clean eating through removing the guilt felt after eating something unhealthy.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Mell

Mel Well’s Instagram feed is full of motivational quotes about guilt-free eating.<\/p><\/div>\n

Social media accounts like Mel\u2019s are those people should be following instead of those sharing images of unrealistic figures and diets.<\/span><\/p>\n

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