Scenario: The patient is a relatively inactive 26-year old woman who lives alone in a highly urban city in an apartment. She works
from home as a software engineer for 7-8 hours every day. She exercises 1-2 times a week at the local gym for 30-40
minutes each time. She typically runs on the treadmill, but does not do muscle training or any other form of exercise. The
patient is inquiring about the benefits, risks, and costs of buying refined foods from the store versus whole foods from the
farmer's market. The store is 5 minutes' walk away from the apartment, while the farmer's market is around 7 miles from
the city. The patient is seeking to purchase one food from each category of macronutrients: carbohydrates, proteins, and
lipids.
As such, one view is from the perspective of a naturally occurring harvest, and the other is from a processing and
refining perspective.