health food

noun

: a food promoted as highly conducive to health

Examples of health food in a Sentence

He eats only health food. She shops at the health-food store. The restaurant offers a variety of health foods.
Recent Examples on the Web On the local side, popular health food restaurant and sandwich shop EATcetera closed in September 2024, pointing to economic woes exacerbated by Hurricane Beryl and the coronavirus pandemic. Erica Cheng, Chron, 10 Oct. 2024 Neighborhoods were categorized based on factors like air pollution, pre-K enrollment, access to broadband internet, availability of health foods, walkability, teacher experience, extreme heat exposure and dozens of other variables. Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2024 Meanwhile, the world has a growing appetite for the fruit of the drought-resistant baobab as a natural health food. Farai Mutsaka, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2024 Fresh baobab fruit isn’t available in the United States, but powdered baobab is sold online and in health food stores. Jillian Kubala, Health, 10 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for health food 

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Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of health food was in 1882

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“Health food.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/health%20food. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

health food

noun
: a food that is said to be especially good for one's health
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