Foods or food are by definition any substance that is capable of providing energy, material for tissues or chemical catalyst to any living organism. Specifically in humans, foods are, in effect, the bodies of animals, plants and their derivatives, that the human species has selected over millennia in relation to their availability and their ability to meet the needs of subsistence organic. If these basic needs are exceeded, foods take more of a cultural and symbolic meanings.
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