natural food
noun
: food that has undergone minimal processing and contains no preservatives or artificial additives
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The nearly 23,000-square-foot building, at 405 S. Chambers Rd, will open its doors to customers at 7 a.m. April 18, offering a range of fresh produce and organic and natural foods.
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Jessica Alvarado Gamez, The Denver Post, 24 Feb. 2025
Bears will often ignore seasonally available natural foods, like acorns, and nuts, in favor of an easy meal at a backyard bird feeder.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
Prioritize natural foods like nuts, fresh fruit, or plain yogurt, which can satisfy your hunger with less urge to overeat.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 31 Mar. 2025
Rejecting the promises of chemotherapy technologies then in their infancy, Gerson instead focused on metabolic therapy, believing that cancer stemmed from a patient’s diet and lifestyle choices and could be excised with a focus on natural foods, juices and expunging toxins from the body.
—Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2025
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Jessica Alvarado Gamez, The Denver Post, 24 Feb. 2025
Bears will often ignore seasonally available natural foods, like acorns, and nuts, in favor of an easy meal at a backyard bird feeder.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
Prioritize natural foods like nuts, fresh fruit, or plain yogurt, which can satisfy your hunger with less urge to overeat.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 31 Mar. 2025
Rejecting the promises of chemotherapy technologies then in their infancy, Gerson instead focused on metabolic therapy, believing that cancer stemmed from a patient’s diet and lifestyle choices and could be excised with a focus on natural foods, juices and expunging toxins from the body.
—Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Natural food.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/natural%20food. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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