Food :- Any material ,usually of plant or animal origin,containing or consisting of essential nutrients that is taken in and assimilated by an organism to maintain life and growth.
2007-01-08 05:26:39
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answer #1
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answered by Anonymous
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What is Food?
Food supplies the body with nutrients, the materials it needs for good health. Although a person may live a few weeks without food, body processes will eventually break down and stop without it:
Water:-
Water carries other nutrients to the body’s tissues and transforms food into energy and building material. Water also carries away waste and cools the body.
Carbohydrates:-
Sugars and starches are carbohydrates. They supply energy that enables the body to do its work.
Fats:-
Fats are a form of very concentrated energy. They are made up of glycerol (a kind of alcohol) and fatty acids.
Proteins:-
Proteins supply energy and building material for muscles, hair, and skin. Proteins called enzymes are present in every cell of the body and speed up chemical reactions. Proteins also fight diseases and act as chemical messengers.
Minerals:-
Minerals maintain body structures and fluids and are necessary for growth. Some minerals help form bones and teeth; others help make hemoglobin (a molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen) and help enzymes function properly.
Vitamins:-
Vitamins control the chemical processes that turn food into energy and body tissue.
Vitamin A promotes healthy skin and bone development.
Vitamin B1 helps change starches and sugar into energy.
Vitamin B2 helps the body use food.
Vitamin B6 and biotin function in various chemical reactions.
Vitamin B12 and folic acid help form red blood cells and to promote a healthy nervous system.
Niacin enables cells to use carbohydrates.
Vitamin C helps maintain supportive tissue in the body.
Vitamin D helps the body use calcium.
Vitamin E helps maintain cell membrane.
2007-01-08 13:21:09
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answered by wowwow 2
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The meaning of food is to reload the body of energy. Also, food is a sheer pleasure, well most of it anyhow. But, God made food as a naturally way to keep the body in good shape. If God made it, it has a reason, we just don't know it yet.
2007-01-08 13:10:57
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answered by Luke 3
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Food mean something that you can take to survive in this world. there are different kinds of food...some are food for thought and some are food to bought
2007-01-08 13:30:36
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answered by Dumboo 3
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everything that a human can eat is consider as a food.
2007-01-08 13:36:07
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answered by sassy_cat 1
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It is something that you eat. But this answer may be some dangerous.
2007-01-08 13:10:38
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answered by can 2
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to nourish the body and to sustain life,DUH.What else do you think it's for??
2007-01-08 13:11:09
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answered by ~fUnKyCoLdMeDiNa~ 3
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to provide nutrition!
2007-01-10 07:33:33
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answered by azman5998 3
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