Not exact matches
Preserving
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minimally refined ingredients.
And of course, the best choices are the recipes that focus upon using real,
minimally processed ingredients that are free of common
food allergens,
food additives and colorings, pesticides and other chemicals, and
refined sugars.
«The single biggest focus should be on reducing highly processed
foods rich in
refined grains, starch, added sugars and salt; and increasing
minimally processed healthful
foods such as fruits, non-starchy vegetables, nuts, seeds, beans, fish and yogurt,» Mozaffarian added by email.
When I hear the words Whole -
food / Plant - based or WFPB for short, I think of an eating pattern that is strongly centered around whole (or at most very
minimally processed) plant
foods and that minimizes animal
food and highly
refined plant
foods to at most occasional feature of the diet constituting a few percent (10 % at most, IMHO) of calories.
«the benefits of [recommendations to reduce consumption of processed
food] might have less to do with sodium —
minimally related to blood pressure and perhaps even inversely related to cardiovascular risk — and more to do with highly -
refined carbohydrates.
They tend to stop overeating (relatively speaking); they reduce their intake of unhealthful fats; they stop drinking coffee, soft drinks, and alcohol with meals; they reduce or eliminate cooked, highly processed, and
refined foods; and they eat simpler meals made of raw
foods and unprocessed or
minimally processed cooked
foods.
Real
Food is defined as whole ingredients that have been
minimally processed or
refined.
Thus, while there is no argument that recommendations to reduce consumption of processed
foods are highly appropriate and advisable, the arguments in this review are that the benefits of such recommendations might have less to do with sodium —
minimally related to blood pressure and perhaps even inversely related to cardiovascular risk — and more to do with highly -
refined carbohydrates.»
It means eating whole
foods or «real»
foods which are un-or
minimally processed,
refined and handled making them close to their natural form as possible.
Simply put, this rule states that if 80 - 90 % of your total
food intake is coming from traditional «healthy» fitness
foods (such as lean / high quality proteins, high fiber /
minimally refined carbs and healthy fats) then the remaining 10 - 20 % can come from whatever
foods you'd like as long as it fits into your overall daily calorie and macronutrient totals.
Plant - based whole
foods include fruits, vegetables, tubers, beans, lentils, seeds, whole grains, and legumes in their whole, unrefined, or
minimally refined form.
Especially after eating a diet high in wheat,
refined sugar, meat, and dairy, a dramatic change in diet to high nutrient,
minimally processed
foods helps to re-establish what is frequently a long - lost connection between
food and the body.