DEFINITIONS

Food

substance consisting essentially of protein, carbohydrate, fat, and other nutrients used in the body of an organism to sustain growth and vital processes and to furnish energy.

something that people and animals eat, or plants absorb, to keep them alive

Nutrition

The process of taking in food and using it for growth, metabolism, and repair

the substances that you take into your body as food and the way that they influence your health

Integral Well-Being

function of a number of interconnected levels, including physical health, psychological health, emotional health, social health and spiritual health.

Health

Is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

the condition of the body and the degree to which it is free from illness, or the state of being well

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