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Definition of Health food
1. Noun. Any natural or prepared food popularly believed to promote good health.
Definition of Health food
1. Noun. Any food that is especially beneficial to health. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Health food
1. A non-medical term defined by the lay public as a food that has little or no preservatives, which has not undergone major processing, enrichment or refinement and which may be grown without pesticides. Health foods have been attributed with the ability to prevent the development of diseases, slow the aging process, and prolong life. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Health Food
Literary usage of Health food
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1901)
"health food Company." The reason for this, and a subsequent change of name, which
preserved the words "health food Company," is stated by Kellogg in his ..."
2. Latex Allergies and the Health Care Industry by Charlie Norwood (2000)
"D. ACTING DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH, FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION, WASHINGTON DC Ms. Jacobson. Mr. Chairman and members of the ..."
3. Diet in Health and Disease by Julius Friedenwald, John Ruhräh (1919)
"DIET I\ DISEASE TABLE I.—ANALYSES e * Manufacturer and Brani » 1909 FLOURS AND
MEALS, (cont.) 1911 3» health Food Co., New York, ..."
4. Philadelphia Medical Times (1882)
"Gluten flour, Nt-w York health food Co. —Cannot be distinguished from common flour.
" 7. Gluten flour, several specimens.—-Where only seventy gluten cells ..."
5. Uncle Walt: Walt Mason the Poet Philosopher by Walt Mason (1910)
"If a thing looks good, it must be eschewed, if bad, I may eat it down; so bring
me a jar of the rich pine tar from the health food works up town; ..."