Ok so I thought that a whole food is foods in their least processed forms. Mostly I think of it as foods cooked the way great great great grandma would have. If she could make it from foods bought in natural forms so can I and it would be considered a whole food.
But this quote by Julie08 in another thread confused me:
"In fact, you're not eating wholefoods if you only have the broccoli florets and not the stalk, or when you eat an orange and not the peel.."
I decided to move it over because the almond milk thread already went awry and I didn't need to muddy those waters further.
So are you saying if I trim off the stalk of the broccoli or don't eat the peel I am not eating whole foods?! That seems a bit of a stretch (wasteful on the brocolli maybe and some people just can't take the peel of an orange).
Please, please explain this rational, I thought non whole foods were foods that can not be recreated naturally. For instance if I serve smashed potatoes vs mashed potatoes its suddenly not a whole food! I understand I lose vitamin value and all that (and honestly I probably would rather keep the peel but I am trying to understand the rationale).
Non whole foods in my book being cheese 'foods', white breads, most candies and lots of the snack foods out there ect.