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Food

Medical Definition: Anything which, when taken into the body, serves to nourish or build up the tissues or to supply body heat. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Guide Notes: /adv eff = probably FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY or FOOD POISONING; /rad eff = probably FOOD IRRADIATION or FOOD CONTAMINATION, RADIOACTIVE; Manual 31.5-31.12; food consumption = FOOD or EATING or FOOD SUPPLY; food for animals = ANIMAL FEED; refeeding after star
Food Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Bread - Baked food product made of flour or meal that is moistened, kneaded, and sometimes fermented. A major food since prehistoric times, it has been made in various forms using a variety of ingredients and methods.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Candy - Sweet food products combining cane or beet sugars with other carbohydrates and chocolate, milk, eggs, and various flavorings. In the United States, candy refers to both sugar- and cocoa-based confections and is differentiated from sweetened baked goods; elsewhere the terms sugar confectionary, chocolate confectionary, and flour confectionary (meaning goods such as cakes and pastries) are used.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Condiments - Aromatic substances added to food before or after cooking to enhance its flavor. These are usually of vegetable origin.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Dairy Products - Raw and processed or manufactured milk and milk-derived products. These are usually from cows (bovine) but are also from goats, sheep, reindeer, and water buffalo.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Dietary Fiber - The remnants of plant cell walls that are resistant to digestion by the alimentary enzymes of man. It comprises various polysaccharides and lignins.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Dietary Supplements - Products in capsule, tablet or liquid form that provide essential nutrients, such as a vitamin, an essential mineral, a protein, an herb, or similar nutritional substance. (FDA Backgrounder, June 15, 1993, p2)
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Eggs - Animal reproductive bodies, or the contents thereof, used as food. The concept is differentiated from OVUM, the anatomic or physiologic entity.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Flour
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Food, Genetically Modified - Food derived from genetically modified organisms (ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED).
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Foods, Specialized - Foods and beverages prepared for use to meet specific needs such as infant foods.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Honey - A sweet viscous liquid food, produced in the honey sacs of various bees from nectar collected from flowers. The nectar is ripened into honey by inversion of its sucrose sugar into fructose and glucose. It is somewhat acidic and has mild antiseptic properties, being sometimes used in the treatment of burns and lacerations.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Meat - The edible portions of any animal used for food including domestic mammals (the major ones being cattle, swine, and sheep) along with poultry, fish, shellfish, and game.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Molasses - The syrup remaining after sugar is crystallized out of sugar cane or sugar beet juice. It is also used in animal feed, and in a fermented form, is used to make industrial ethyl alcohol and alcoholic beverages.

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