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What Are Whole Foods and Why Should I Eat Them?

What Are Whole Foods and Why Should I Eat Them? (0:22)

Whole foods are foods as you would find them in nature, without any processing or chemical additives. In this video, cardiologist Alejandro Junger, MD, discusses why eating whole foods that are completely natural contributes greatly to good health.

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Whole foods are foods as you find them in nature, without processing, without any chemicals in them, just as you find them in nature. It's important for you to eat whole foods because that's how nature designed us to eat, and when we stay away from that, when we eat in an unnatural way, we get sick.