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A whole foods plant-based diet (WFPB) involves avoiding all processed foods, all refined foods, meat, dairy, eggs, added sugars or oils, and 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 minimally processed.<ref name=":0" />
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==
==Theory==


==Evidence for a vegetarian diet==
==Evidence==
===General effects===
===General effects===


===Chronic fatigue syndrome===
===ME/CFS===


==Costs and availability==
==Costs and availability==
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*[https://www.bda.uk.com/foodfacts/plantbaseddiets.pdf Plant-based diets] - British Dietician Association
*[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]
*[http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Vegetarianhealth/Pages/Vegandiets.aspx NHS Live Well - The vegan diet]
* Wikipedia


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 19:46, July 7, 2020

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.[1] It is often followed for health reasons.[1]

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.[1]

Theory[edit | edit source]

Evidence[edit | edit source]

General effects[edit | edit source]

ME/CFS[edit | edit source]

Costs and availability[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Criticism[edit | edit source]

Dr. Georgia Ede, a board-certified psychiatrist in Massachusetts who has had chronic fatigue syndrome,[2] is critical of whole foods plant-based diets, particularly as regards impact on the brain and myelin.[3][4]

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References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "What Is a Whole Food, Plant-Based Diet? - Center for Nutrition Studies". Center for Nutrition Studies. August 8, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  2. "About Dr. Ede". Diagnosis:Diet. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  3. Ede, Georgia. "The Brain Needs Animal Fat". Psychology Today. Retrieved April 6, 2019. Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  4. "Your Brain on Plants: The Ultimate Guide to Micronutrients and Mental Health". Diagnosis:Diet. September 5, 2017. Retrieved April 6, 2019.