Whole Foods- What is that?

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Often you hear that the best thing to eat is whole foods. Now if you add that to your grocery store list you’ll look a bit foolish when you ask the clerk what isle they are in. A whole food is simply the entire food not just part of the whole. Not making any sense ? Take an apple, the whole fruit is a whole food. If you peel it you have lost some of its nutritional value. Applesauce, apple juice, and apple jelly are just a bit of the apple. You can apply this to milk, eggs, flour, or just about anything. Milk is pasteurized and homogenized which breaks down the nutrients in the milk. If you drink 2% or low fat you are again taking a valuable part out of the food. The fat in milk helps your body break down the protein in the milk. Without it your body struggles and usually reacts poorly to the process. White flour or any flour has some of the best part of the wheat taken out. The wheat germ and the wheat bran are wonderful sources of fiber for your body. Don’t even go to the egg goop found in cartons, I don’t want to know what is truly in the milk style container.
Remember whole foods haven’t been processed. They are the entire food item. In our attempt to make things healthier to produce on a large scale we have left behind some very important nutritional values.