Real Food Defined

What is real food?

Diet culture, fad diets, and conflicting nutritional advice from our government and food industry can leave you feeling overwhelmed and confused.

Our Nutrition Workbook is designed to be a descriptive tool of real food defined by a few simple terms:

We believe real food is:

• Naturally Occurring

• Nutrient-Dense

• Unrefined

• Not Denatured

Naturally occurring, meaning the food you eat can either be found, as in, in nature or has undergone a natural process (like fermentation) that doesn’t require the use of synthetic chemicals or nutrient-altering processing methods.

Nutrient-dense, meaning the food has been grown, harvested, preserved, or prepared in such a way that has enhanced or enabled optimum nutritional quality.

Unrefined, meaning no nutrient-containing part of the food has been removed or decreased.

Not denatured, meaning the proteins, enzymes, fats, vitamins, minerals, and healthy bacteria remain intact and active.