whole foods diet
Natural ingredients only
A whole foods diet emphasizes eating foods in their natural or minimally processed state—vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and unprocessed meats—while avoiding refined sugars, artificial additives, and heavily processed products.
The focus is on foods closer to how they exist in nature: She switched to a whole foods diet after her diagnosis.
The term overlaps with but isn't identical to shopping at Whole Foods, the grocery chain.
- organicFrom living matter
- freshNewly made, not stale
- unprocessedNot yet treated
- vegetablesEdible plants, not fruits
- fruitsEdible seed-bearing crops
clean eating · natural · raw · plant-based · leafy greens · farmers market · nutrients · nutrient dense · quinoa · kale · unrefined · local · seasonal · grains · legumes · nourishing · balanced meals · fiber
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