What is a "whole foods" diet?

What is a "whole foods" diet?

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A whole foods diet is basically a diet that incorporates fresh fruits, preferably organic, and fresh organic vegetables, picked at the peak of ripeness if possible. That might mean shopping at a Farmer's Market the day after they pick the stuff, so they're picking it from their garden selling it right there and then at the market. It would be having whole grains in the form of the whole grain; wheat berries, quinoa, brown rice, couscous, millet, barley, etc. It would be having the actual grain, not having a bread made of the grain, although if it's sprouted bread that would be another alternative. It would be having salads with natural oils and balsamic vinegar, and natural dressings like fresh lemon squeezed into it, versus a bottled salad dressing, which goodness knows may sit on a shelf for a year! They tell us it's whole food; how can it be a whole food if it can sit on a shelf for a year? So, it's choosing things that are real, tangible, and visibly what you would have picked out off a tree or out of the ground, overall.