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health food

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noun

any natural food popularly believed to promote or sustain good health, as by containing vital nutrients, being grown without the use of pesticides, or having a low sodium or fat content.

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RELATED WORDS

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Nearby words

health care, health centre, health check, health club, health farm, health food, health goth, health insurance, health maintenance organization, health officer, health physics

Origin of health food

First recorded in 1880–85
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for health food

  • The health-food companies, too, arrayed their appetizing wares.

    The Teacher|George Herbert Palmer

  • The cold sore had vanished permanently under a régime of health-food, dumb-bells, and icy plunges.

    Gigolo|Edna Ferber

British Dictionary definitions for health food

health food

noun

  1. vegetarian food organically grown and with no additives, eaten for its dietary value and benefit to health
  2. (as modifier)a health-food shop
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medicine definitions for health food

health food

n.

A food believed to be highly beneficial to health, especially a food grown organically and free of chemical additives.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.