CHAPTER 3:

WHAT IS FOOD?

“My wife and I have had terrible seasonal
allergies for several years. Now our allergies
have all disappeared. We are off all allergy
meds, which we used to take like candy. As for
our four-year-old daughter, we are two weeks
into her Whole30, and I am amazed to report
that her allergy symptoms are virtually gone.
No sneezing. No runny nose. After taking both
pills and nose spray for much of her life, her
allergy symptoms are better now than they
have ever been.”

—Brian  C., Burnsville, Minnesota

We choose our foods by following four
Good Food standards. We’re pretty picky
about this: all the foods we recommend have