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food (fd)

n.

Material, usually of plant or animal origin, that contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals, and is ingested and assimilated by an organism to produce energy, stimulate growth, and maintain life.

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food

Etymology: AS, foda

1 any substance, usually of plant or animal origin, consisting of carbohydrates, proteins, fats, and such supplementary elements as minerals and vitamins, that is ingested or otherwise taken into the body and assimilated to provide energy and to promote the growth, repair, and maintenance essential for sustaining life.

2 nourishment in solid form, as contrasted with liquid form.

3 a particular kind of solid nourishment, such as breakfast food or snack food.

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food,

n the ingested solids and liquids that supply the body with nutrients and energy.

food additives,

n.pl substances that are added to foods to prevent spoilage, improve appearance, enhance the flavor or texture, or increase the nutritional value.

Food and Drug Administration (FDA),

n.pr an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services responsible for the enforcement of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and other statutes as assigned.

food, comminution of

n the reduction of food into small parts.

food debris,

n the particles of food remaining in the oral cavity after eating, which collect in tooth crevices and between the teeth and may contribute to the formation of dental caries. See also materia alba.

Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FD &C),

n.pr legislation passed in 1906 dealing with import and export activity as well as the enforcement of packaging and labeling requirements of all food, drug, and cosmetic commerce within the United States.

food frequency checklist,

n a tool used by individuals to determine how often they are ingesting certain types of foods. Consists of a list of various foods from all food groups and a grid allowing for a range of answers, from never to five or more times per day. See also diet.

food gorging,

n the rapid ingestion of large amounts of food; stuffing; in bulemia, gorging is alternated with purging as a weight-maintenance regimen.

Food Guide Pyramid,

n.pr a graphic list issued and endorsed by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services; outlines recommendations for a healthy, balanced diet. Through the illustration of a three-dimensional triangle, it divides daily diet choices according to recommended frequency of ingestion.

food impaction,

n See impaction, food.

food, physical character of,

n the consistency, as the firmness, viscosity, or density, of food substances. Soft, adhesive, and nonabrasive foods tend to cling to the teeth, which may lead to calculus formation, whereas coarse foods leave little debris and create a frictional effect on the tissues, thus cleansing them.

food record,

n a manually recorded history of an individual's dietary intake over a 24-hour period; subsequently analyzed by a dental hygienist in order to help correct any nutritional imbalances.

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food

materials taken into the body by mouth which provide nourishment in the form of energy or in the building of tissues. Common usage is to use the term in relation to humans and dogs and cats and to use feed for the other animals but the rule is not absolute. See also diet, ration, feed.

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food additive

nonfood materials added to a diet to enhance or limit a body function, e.g. growth, to control infection or to physically alter the food to facilitate handling or processing or preserving. See food additive.

food allergy

an immune-mediated reaction to a food or food additive; clinical signs are most commonly demonstrated in the alimentary tract or skin but may affect any system and in any hypersensitivity mode. Commonly diagnosed in dogs, occasionally in horses, but rarely in the other species. Called food hypersensitivity. See also dermatitis, pruritus, angioedema, urticaria, gastroenteritis.

food anaphylaxis

an acute allergic response to a food or food additive, with systemic signs typical of anaphylaxis in the species concerned. See also systemic anaphylaxis.

food animals

animals used in the production of food for humans. Includes, in common usage, the species and breeds that also supply fiber and hides for human use. Use of this term has spawned a rash of new knowledge disciplines such as food animal medicine, food animal ophthalmology, and new service areas such as food animal practice.

food borne disease

a disease with food as the source of infection. An example is Eschericia coli 0157:H7 infection of humans via hamburger meat.

food bumps

see urticaria.

food chain

the path taken by a raw food product from the farm or other producing unit to the table of the consumer. Includes sale, transport, storage, processing, packaging and retail sale and all of the points of risk at which the food may become contaminated or spoiled or corrupted in some way.

food contaminants

include bacteria, parasites and toxic residues.

food conversion ratio

efficiency in converting the food into energy or tissue; a characteristic of the food relating largely to digestibility.

food exchanges

foods of approximately equivalent levels of energy, proteins, fats and carbohydrates, which may be exchanged or substituted in a diet without significant alteration to its nutritional balance.

generic food

see generic pet food.

food hypersensitivity

see food allergy (above).

food idiosyncrasy

an adverse reaction to ingested food by an individual, not mediated by immune mechanisms; may be due to an enzyme defect.

food intake

amount of food taken in a unit of time, usually daily.

food intolerance

an abnormal physiologic response to food which is not immune-mediated.

food legislation

the content, purity and public health connotations of animal foods are usually controlled by local legislation.

manufactured food

those commercially formulated and prepared; includes stock feeds, particularly supplements and pellets, canned and dry dog and cat foods.

food marker

inert material included in food to measure speed of passage of food through alimentary tract.

pet food

usually refers to commercially prepared food such as canned, semimoist, dry, kibbled, biscuits, loaves, and butcher's scraps in various forms provided for dogs and cats.

plant-based food

usual in livestock, but in carnivores it refers to mixed-source diets with a high plant-origin carbohydrate content; a common formula in commercially prepared pet foods.

food poisoning

a group of acute illnesses due to ingestion of a specific toxin in the food. Usually causes gastroenteritis and vomiting and diarrhea.

food refusal syndrome

observed mostly in pigs; refusal to eat a particular feed or meal but willing to eat other feeds. See also food refusal factor, deoxynivalenol, vomitoxin.

food rewards

the many types of food items owners and trainers use to reward their dogs or cats for behavior that pleases them; may be a part of training and behavior modification programs, but is often done simply as a result of the owner's affection for the pet.

food specific dynamic action

see specific dynamic action.

food toxicity

may be the result of toxins or microorganisms contaminating the food or excessive levels of a nutrient, such as vitamin A.

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food

Nutrition An ingestable substance which serves to maintain the corporeal status quo; nutrient; comestible. See Bioengineered food, Chinese restaurant, Ciguatera poisoning, Designer food, Diet, Dietary fiber, Enriched food, Fast food, Fats, Fish, Food groups, Food pyramid, Fortified food, Four food groups, Frankenfood, Functional food, Health food, Healthy food, Hot food, Junk food, Live food, Low-fat snack food, Medical food, No food, Nonstandard food, Organic food, Scombroid poisoning, Soft food, Soy food, Spicy food, Standard food, Sticky food, Succotash, Sushi, Unhealthful food, Yang food, Yin food.

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Patient discussion about provender.

Q. Is there any food which can help me to have a good sleep? I do not get a good sleep and I fear that soon I will be diagnosed for insomnia. Already it is making me depressed and stressful. My friend has advised me to meet the doctor. I do not want to have sleep pills. I have tried to get sleep by doing exercise so though it makes me tired to have enough sleep. But it has not helped. I want to know that is there any food which can help me to have a good sleep.

A. I have had problems with sleep on and off for years. My best nights sleep happen when I do not eat at least 3 hours before bed, no alcohol, and exercising before bed just revs you up and causes you not to be able to sleep, it has the opposite affect that you think it would have. I do take generic Benydryl some nights after a stressfull day and it helps with no sleepness the next day if you take it at least 8 hours before bed. I also found the more I worried that I would not sleep were the worst nights and please turn the clock away from you, do not look at it even if you are still awake it will just stress you out more thinking you only have some many hours left to get some sleep. I know this is long but I hope you start getting a good nights sleep without meds.
Zakmak

Q. How long does it take for an allergy to occur after eating a food? Ok, I am allergic to peppers, each time I get an allergic reaction it takes longer and longer for the allergy to occur last time it was nearly 10 hours after eating the food this time it was 17 hours after eating the food. Is this even possible? I thought reactions occurred at max 4-6 hours after eating the food

A. i have a LOT of allergies. i am allergic to nuts very bad and i ate a chocolate with a nut in that a didn't notice, 10 seconds after digesting gave me a bad feeling in my throat and a few more seconds later i was violently sick and couldn't breathe very well and needed to call an ambulance 10 seconds later. i think its how bad the allergy, the quicker it starts to take effect.

Q. Too many weddings with too many fatty food – any advice? In the last few months I’ve been on a moderate diet, and already lost 10 pounds, but now I’m facing a threat – a series of weddings, all of them with lots of fatty food and cakes tempting me to “just taste them”… Any advice how to avoid these calorie-rich pitfalls? :-)

A. You can try to skip the parts with the fatty-but-not-satiating parts to avoid eating cakes etc.