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{{stub}} 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.<ref name=":0" /> It is often followed for health reasons.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news | url=https://nutritionstudies.org/what-is-a-whole-food-plant-based-diet/ | title = What Is a Whole Food, Plant-Based Diet? - Center for Nutrition Studies| date = 2018-08-08|work=Center for Nutrition Studies|access-date=2018-11-16|language=en-US}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0" /> ==Theory== ==Evidence== ===General effects=== ===ME/CFS=== ==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. ==Clinical use== ==Criticism== Dr. [[Georgia Ede]], a board-certified psychiatrist in Massachusetts who has had [[chronic fatigue syndrome]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diagnosisdiet.com/about-dr-ede/ | title = About Dr. Ede|website=Diagnosis:Diet|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-06}}</ref> is critical of whole foods plant-based diets, particularly as regards impact on the [[brain]] and [[myelin]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/diagnosis-diet/201903/the-brain-needs-animal-fat | title = The Brain Needs Animal Fat | last =Ede | first = Georgia | author-link =| date = | website = Psychology Today|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-04-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diagnosisdiet.com/micronutrients-mental-health/ | title = Your Brain on Plants: The Ultimate Guide to Micronutrients and Mental Health| date = 2017-09-05 | website = Diagnosis:Diet|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-06}}</ref> ==Learn more== * [https://nutritionstudies.org/what-is-a-whole-food-plant-based-diet/ Whole food plant-based diets] * [https://nutritionstudies.org/ Center for Nutrition Studies] * [https://eatingourfuture.wordpress.com/science-studies-vegan-vegetarian-health-diets-reports-less-chronic-disease-illness/ Health Benefits of Plant-based Diets: Science Reports on Vegans & Vegetarians] *[https://www.bda.uk.com/foodfacts/plantbaseddiets.pdf Plant-based diets] - British Dietician Association *[http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Vegetarianhealth/Pages/Vegandiets.aspx NHS Live Well - The vegan diet] ==See also== *[[:Category:Diets|Diets]] *[[Vegan diet]] ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Potential treatments]] [[Category:Diets]] [[Category:Anti-inflammatories]]
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