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health food

noun

any natural food popularly believed to promote or sustain good health, as by containing vital nutrients, being grown without the use of pesticides, or having a low sodium or fat content.

health food

noun

1. vegetarian food organically grown and with no additives, eaten for its dietary value and benefit to health
2. ( as modifier )
  a health-food shop

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Word History and Origins

Origin of health food¹

First recorded in 1880–85

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He’s been Will Bettelheim, a worker at a trendy Los Angeles health food market.

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Once only found in health food stores, it is now easy to pick up at most grocery stores and it is delicious sprinkled on homemade popcorn!

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The growing popularity of the nutritious “superfood” among health food advocates has transformed the traditional subsistence crop into an important export commodity, providing much needed income to one of the poorest areas of Peru.

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And then came the rise of Erewhon, an upscale health food market that derives its name from the anagramic spelling of the word nowhere.

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We’ve long had a reputation as a cradle of health food culture.

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health farm healthful

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