I am on a whole foods diet which is unprocessed and plant based foods only
nice! what are the benefits of a whole foods diet?
I actually just started it to try and help me with my Lupus.  I can have only whole grains, tubers, legumes, fruits, and vegetables
nice. whhat else can you tell me about whole foods diets?
You are not allowed any animal products, dairy, eggs, or oils.  So it is basically vegan accept vegans can have oil and I can't
that bad cuz olive oil really helps my food taste better. :( when did this diet start to become popular or start?
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The earliest use of the term in the post-industrial age appears to be in 1946 in The Farmer, a quarterly magazine published and edited from his farm by F. Newman Turner, a writer and pioneering organic farmer. The magazine sponsored the establishment of the Producer Consumer Whole Food Society Ltd, with Newman Turner as president and Derek Randal as vice-president. Whole food was defined as "mature produce of field, orchard, or garden without subtraction, addition, or alteration grown from seed without chemical dressing,
Whole food
Whole foods are plant foods that are unprocessed and unrefined, or processed and refined as little as possible, before being consumed. Examples of whole foods include whole grains, tubers, legumes, fruits, vegetables.
There is some confusion over the usage of the term surrounding the inclusion of certain foods, in particular animal foods. The modern usage of the term whole foods diet is now widely synonymous with "whole foods plant-based diet" with animal products, oil and salt no longer constituting whole foods