I'll have a clean martini instead of a dirty one

Capitalism works hard, but the wellness influencer chastising you for not eating “whole foods” while simultaneously selling their protein powder works harder.

“All you need to do is make sure you’re consuming clean calories.” This was an actual quote from a post I read from a wellness influencer. Clean calories. What the hell does that even mean because that can be interpreted in many different ways. We definitely need calories in order to survive, which is why we eat food, but “clean calories?” That’s where …