Choose Whole & Organic Foods
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July 27, 2025
Sunday SAGe Volume 45: Choose Whole & Organic Foods
Here is this week’s installment of Sunday SAGe, an email communication that shares wellness inspiration from The Wellness Ethic to help people thrive during the coming week (and beyond!).
Today, our focus is on whole and organic foods and their positive impact on your health.
Choose Whole & Organic Foods
An excerpt from The Wellness Ethic:
Whole foods are natural, unprocessed foods free from additives and artificial ingredients. When food is processed, unhealthy ingredients like saturated fats, sugar, and excessive salt are often added, and industrial processing methods (heating, milling, refining) can strip nutrients from the food.
Organic foods are free from synthetic pesticides and fertilizers, antibiotics, hormones, artificial preservatives, and other unnatural modifications.
What It Means
There are significant health benefits associated with whole and organic foods. Two studies published in the British Medical Journal in 2019 showed that people who eat less ultra-processed food (manufactured food that contains minimal whole ingredients) have a lower risk of heart disease, manage weight better, and live longer.
Other studies have shown that nonorganic foods can have a lower nutritional value than their organic counterparts and may contribute to Alzheimer’s disease and a host of other health issues (due to pesticide exposure).
Your Call to Action
This week, be mindful about what you eat and choose whole and organic foods as much as possible. See how you feel. Gauge your energy levels. You’ll probably want to continue the healthy habit.
Every time you choose natural foods, it’s a gift to your body. You’ll even find that their authentic, natural flavors, textures, and aromas engage your senses more than the ultra-processed, homogenized alternatives.
A key to performing well with nutrition is translating your knowledge about healthy eating into guidelines you follow. Be a SAGe who chooses natural foods that cover your nutritional needs. Make healthy eating an inseparable part of your identity.
Have a healthy week!
