whole food

noun

: a natural food and especially an unprocessed one (such as a vegetable or fruit)

Examples of whole food in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Garden of Life makes organic supplements from whole food sources. Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 17 May 2024 Malone also spoke about the importance of a healthy diet consisting of whole foods, whole grains and unprocessed foods. Abc News, ABC News, 17 May 2024 Scientists are calling the complex relationship of all the various components that make up a whole food the food matrix. Anne Cook Carroll, Verywell Health, 15 May 2024 In my first book, The Food Mood Connection, there is an ice cream recipe made from fruit, which is obviously a much healthier choice as fruit is a whole food. Hannah Coates, Vogue, 6 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for whole food 

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Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of whole food was in 1880

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“Whole food.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whole%20food. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.

Medical Definition

whole food

noun
: a natural food and especially an unprocessed one (as a vegetable or fruit)
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