please summarize this text: What is Holistic Nutrition and Wellness?

Holistic wellness is an approach to health and nutrition that considers the whole person, 
including physical, mental, and emotional aspects of well-being. It emphasizes the interconnectedness of various parts of the body and aims to optimize overall health rather than just focusing on specific symptoms.
Similarly, a gut-conscious diet, on the other hand, primarily focuses on promoting a healthy gut microbiome. The gut microbiome refers to the complex community of microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi, that reside in our digestive system. These microbes are essential for maintaining good health, as they play a vital role in digestion, immune function, nutrient absorption, and even mental health.
A gut-conscious diet aims to support and nourish the gut microbiome by incorporating
foods that are beneficial for gut health and avoiding those that may disrupt the microbial balance. It typically involves consuming a wide variety of whole, unprocessed foods such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds, which are rich in fiber, prebiotics, and antioxidants. These foods help to promote the growth of beneficial gut bacteria and provide the necessary nutrients for optimal gut function.
In addition to emphasizing gut-friendly foods, a gut-conscious diet may also involve avoiding or minimizing certain foods that can negatively impact the gut microbiome. This includes reducing the consumption of processed foods, added sugars, artificial sweeteners, refined grains, unhealthy fats, and seed oils, as these can lead to inflammation and an imbalance in gut bacteria.
Essentially, a holistic nutrition approach considers the whole person, while a gut-conscious diet aims to foster a healthy gut microbiome by consuming nourishing and beneficial foods while avoiding those that could potentially harm the gut. Combining these two approaches can play a significant role in achieving overall health and wellness. Most individuals view these dietary practices as being synonymous, as they are extremely similar. Therefore, for the purpose of this paper, I will combine the two dietary practices and refer to them as holistic nutrition, lifestyle, wellness, or diet.  

How Does a Holistic Lifestyle Relate to Wake Forest?
	Wake Forest University does not serve or provide food that meets the dietary needs of those who participate in a holistic lifestyle. Most people who eat holistically practice the “80/20 rule” or the “90/10 rule”. This means that 80-90% of the foods you eat are deemed “clean”, and the remaining 10-20% of what you eat is for fun or enjoyment. (Some people refer to these foods as cheat meals, but I call them mental health foods!) 
However,  the majority of the foods on Wake Forest's campus contain unnecessary added ingredients that are bad for your holistic health. This makes living an 80/20 lifestyle impossible if you only have access to the foods offered by the university. 

This image above is a screenshot directly from the Wake Forest Deacon Dining Website that lists the ingredients of their Chicken Pad Thai. Students who have a holistic diet can not eat meals like this at the dining hall on a daily basis. There are tons of additives, preservatives, oils, artificial sweeteners, and other ingredients that are not a part of these students' dietary choices. Almost every dish listed on the Deacon Dining website looks practically identical to the one above, making it severely difficult to find a meal that fits a holistic diet. 
The slight exception to this lack of food options is the restaurant on campus called Village Juice. This restaurant claims to prioritize health and wellness, offering the cleanest of ingredients. However, they display no nutritional menu or ingredient list on their website, nor on Deacon Dining, so it is hard to be sure how truthful their claims can be. In addition to these unsupported claims, Village Juice is extraordinarily expensive. They have very limited Old Gold options, and a basic 12-ounce smoothie costs over $9. 
This connects to the ideas we discussed in the Kosher diet. In one of our readings, we discussed how the Kosher diet has created a profit-driven market. Many brands and restaurants exploit the religious significance of Kosher for financial gain, and do not maintain the ethical standards that are necessary (Gross A. 2014). I believe the same is being done within the holistic wellness community where supposedly health-conscious brands and restaurants take advantage of those who practice holistic living. This could be either not truly using clean ingredients, marking up prices, or both.

How Does This Impact Students' LivesStudents Lives on Campus?
From a personal perspective, I cannot eat food on campus (with the exception of Village Juice and Smith’s Coffee), so I cook all my meals in my dorm room. This isolates me from building community because I cannot go grab a meal with friends, or even partake in Pitsgiving. I also have to live on campus because I'm not a senior, so I'm forced to have an expensive meal plan that I barely use, which is extremely wasteful. The lack of healthy meal choicinclusion for those who have a holistic diet on campus makes my life so much more difficult since I cannot just simply grab a meal like everyone else. I have to meal prep, and strategically plan everything in advance to make sure I have time to grocery shop and meal prep cook on top of doing my school work and extracurriculars. 
Not being able to eat in the dining hall, and have meals with those in my community has completely isolated me. In class, we talked about the power of feasting, and how it is a powerful tool to build social connections (Dunbar, R. 2019). Social bonding and the feeling of being included are crucial factors toward overall well-being and happiness. Therefore, students whose dietary needs are not met in the dining hall may experience loneliness and feel like they are missing out, especially when it comes to the Pitsgiving tradition.

How Can Wake Forest Do Better? 
Wake Forest needs to be made aware that they are not upholding the Pro Humanitate motto by not providing meals that exceed the needs for a holistic diet. The university is contributing to students feeling excluded, and that their dietary preferences aren't worthy enough to be met. 
To fix this, I think we need to go back to the root of the problem and shift the Habitus within the Wake Forest community. Habitus is described as the beliefs a group of people or an individual has based on their societal norms, behaviors, attitudes, and values (Woodhall-Melnik, J. et al. 2017). I think our community at Wake Forest just assumes that our dining program is inclusive because they advertise as being health conscious, offering vegan, kosher, and gluten-free options. However, most people are completely unaware of the inflammatory additives and highly processed foods that the dining hall provides. Therefore, we need to subvert the habitus to be more inclusive to all dietary needs and eliminate these poor-quality foods. 
Educating the university about its lack of consideration for its students who eat holistically should change the social norms on campus. I believe the habitus is not purposefully exclusionary. Unfortunately, it is just a downside of the community not being informed in conjunction with a level of ignorance about the ingredients in the foods offered. Once we remove the normalization of serving solely heavily processed foods on campus, I think those who practice holistic wellness will feel more included.
Not only will the change in habitus benefit the holistic community, but it will also create a healthier dining experience for all of campus. Whether you actively choose to partake in holistic nutrition or not, I think reducing the amount of “harmful” foods in the dining hall will reflect positively on every student's physical and mental well-being.