Why does Illustrator CS6 create gradients through clip groups?

Hi,
This may be a stupid question, but I jumped to CS6 from CS3 and am a bit confused. I create graphics for stock imagery and it is important to minize the amount of shapes. I created my first image with CS6 that has several gradients and my file is enormous because when I viewed it with "Overprint view" it showed that all gradients consisted of several paths contained in a clip group. How do I avoid this? Any help would be appreciated!

I just made a very primitive inerpretation of clip art which is the kind of stuff sold for stock.
There are no clipping paths even though there are many paths with gradient fills. Can you explain how you create the art and or prepare a video so we can watch you create one shape with which you use the gradient that produces this clipping group?

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why does Illustrator CS4 save pdfs with clipping paths and make rasters of gradient areas
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I do a save as "pdf" in the format pull down tab. I save to a folder on the hard drive. Where is the "Illustrator editability" check box? I presumed it is in Acrobat some where
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https://forums.adobe.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2-6439399-644928/450-397/Untitl ed-1.jpg
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