Whole foods plant-based diet

A whole foods plant-based diet (WFPB) involves avoiding all processed foods, all refined foods, meat, dairy, eggs, added sugars or oils, and eating wholefoods, including fruit and vegetables, and a limited amount of nuts and seeds instead. It is often followed for health reasons.

A whole foods plant-based diet is similar to a vegan diet but allows honey (an animal product) and does not allow any refined foods; foods must be unprocessed or minimally processed, for example tofu.

Costs and availability
A whole foods plant-based diet does not require any particular foods or products and can be followed by people in any part of the world.

Criticism
Dr. Georgia Ede, a board-certified psychiatrist in Massachusetts who has had chronic fatigue syndrome, is critical of whole foods plant-based diets, particularly as regards impact on the brain and myelin.

Learn more

 * Whole food plant-based diets
 * Center for Nutrition Studies
 * Health Benefits of Plant-based Diets: Science Reports on Vegans & Vegetarians
 * Plant-based diets - British Dietician Association
 * NHS Live Well - The vegan diet