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A whole foods diet should include a variety of foods such as fruit, vegetables, dairy products or alternatives (soy milk, almond milk), healthy fats and oils, natural sweeteners, grains, pulses, beans and seeds.
Dairy is only a whole food if raw, unpasturized,A whole foods diet should include a variety of foods such as fruit, vegetables, dairy products or alternatives (soy milk, almond milk), healthy fats and oils, natural sweeteners, grains, pulses, beans and seeds.
Dairy alternatives are definitely not whole foods, to make soy or almond into 'milk' it needs to be highly processed.
Healthy fats and oils is very misleading and should be explained a bit better. Lard, ghee, coconut oil, olive oil are generally said to be 'healthy'.
Natural sweeteners like honey, aguave etc are pure fructose and not healthy.
Grains even as a whole food are high in lectins and generally very inflammatory.
Meat seems to be missing from this list as well, and although it needs to cook, it is a whole food.