Definitions

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  • adjective containing or made from the whole grain

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to or derived from wheat

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Examples

  • Boosting serotonin levels is as easy as eating more healthy carbohydrates such as wholemeal bread and cereals, porridge, brown rice, wholewheat pasta, fruit and veg.

    Archive 2006-01-01 Thatsnews 2006

  • Eat healthily: People should aim to make sure their diet is healthy with fruit and vegetables making up a third, starchy foods such as wholemeal bread, wholemeal pasta, potatoes and rice should make up another third, with the remainder including a moderate amount of dairy foods, meat, fish and pulses as well as small amounts of food containing fat and sugars.

    Whitehaven News headlines 2010

  • The NHS have advised people to concentrate on eating fibre-rich foods such as wholemeal bread, fruit and vegetables

    Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World Telegraph 2009

  • The most effective way to ensure you are eating sufficient amounts of carbohydrate is to concentrate on eating the complex carbohydrates such as wholemeal bread, rice, pasta and potatoes.

    WordPress.com News 2009

  • A leaflet on 'Coping with the stress of job loss' includes advice on maintaining wellbeing by eat healthily including concentrating on fibre-rich foods such as wholemeal bread, fruit and vegetables, drink plenty of water and get enough rest and sleep.

    Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World Telegraph 2009

  • A spokesman from the Food Standards Agency said: "A healthy balanced diet contains a variety of food including plenty of fruit, vegetables and starchy foods, such as wholemeal bread, wholegrain cereal and potatoes.

    Evening Mail news round-up 2009

  • Fill up instead on slow-burning carbs such as oats, wholemeal pasta and brown rice, served with a portion of protein such as chicken or fish, which will keep you fuller, and more energised, for longer.

    Top tips for beating the winter blues 2012

  • There are outlandish claims that his high protein diet combined with a lot of water can "flush out" cellulite, but he is also a firm believer in home-cooked food over processed, wholemeal bread over white, and "prescribed exercise" – at least 30 minutes of walking every day, going up to an hour each day, which is more than the NHS advocates.

    The Saturday interview: Dukan diet creator Pierre Dukan | Emine Saner 2012

  • "Consolidation" comes next, with more foods, including wholemeal bread, cheese and fruit, added in controlled portions, and one protein-only day a week.

    The Saturday interview: Dukan diet creator Pierre Dukan | Emine Saner 2012

  • Every day is different, but a typical spread might include soup served with chunks of wholemeal, a savoury Danish (a whorl of dough stuffed with pesto, tapenade, spinach and goats cheese), Dorset rarebit (with cider) or rustic open sandwiches (doorsteps of sourdough piled with hummus and salad) – all at £5.75.

    West Dorset's top 10 budget eats 2011

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