: a natural food and especially an unprocessed one (such as a vegetable or fruit)
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For anyone figuring out how to improve gut health, that points right back to those same whole foods.—
Ryan Brennan,
Sacbee.com,
24 June 2026 What also matters is getting fiber from a diversity of whole foods.—
Will Stone,
NPR,
22 June 2026 Walnuts also provide magnesium, manganese, copper, vitamin B6 and a host of other nutrients — a key feature of whole foods that experts say supplements can’t match.—
Sandee Lamotte,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026 Greater Risk of Displacing Important Nutrients While protein powder can help meet protein needs, relying on it too heavily may crowd out nutrient-dense whole foods.—
Caitlin Beale,
Health,
18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for whole food