Definitions for Foods
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1. foods

   Food is any substance consumed by an organism for nutritional support. Food is usually of plant, animal, or fungal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals. The substance is ingested by an organism and assimilated by the organism's cells to provide energy, maintain life, or stimulate growth. Different species of animals have different feeding behaviours that satisfy the needs of their unique metabolisms, often evolved to fill a specific ecological niche within specific geographical contexts. Omnivorous humans are highly adaptable and have adapted to obtain food in many different ecosystems. The majority of the food energy required is supplied by the industrial food industry, which produces food with intensive agriculture and distributes it through complex food processing and food distribution systems. This system of conventional agriculture relies heavily on fossil fuels, which means that the food and agricultural system is one of the major contributors to climate change, accountable for as much as 37% of total greenhouse gas emissions.The food system has significant impacts on a wide range of other social and political issues including: sustainability, biological diversity, economics, population growth, water supply, and access to food. Food safety and food security are monitored by international agencies like the International Association for Food Protection, World Resources Institute, World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization, and International Food Information Council.

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1. foodsnoun

   Plural noun of food.

   The restaurant had a wide variety of foods and drink on their menu, we were very grateful to visit with our family and eat and have fun in a joyful, fun atmosphere.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 16, 2016  

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1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Foods' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4299

Anagrams for Foods »

1. doofs

How to pronounce Foods?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Foods in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Foods in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Foods in a Sentence

1. Kevin Comerford:

   While there may be some overlap, processed foods are not synonymous with canned foods, canned fruits and vegetables are better than no fruits or vegetables. Many canned fruits and vegetables can even be considered comparable to fresh options.

2. Beyza Ustun:

   Further research needs to be conducted with pregnant women coming from different cultural backgrounds, for example, I am coming from Turkey and in my culture, we love to eat bitter foods. It would be very interesting to see how Turkish babies would react to bitter taste.

3. Jean Halloran:

   Producers already must label foods that are frozen, from concentrate, homogenized, or irradiated, gMO labeling is one more piece of helpful information.

4. Heather Patisaul:

   Because everybody is different, it is impossible to know what the 'right' amount of soy is, but people can certainly go overboard, for people wanting to achieve a reasonably healthy protein intake without experiencing possibly negative effects of soy, there is no need to have soy at every meal or to replace all foods [like milk and cheese] with soy-based ones.

5. Aedin Cassidy:

   Men who regularly consumed foods high in these flavonoids were 10 percent less likely to suffer erectile dysfunction. In terms of quantities, we’re talking just a few portions a week.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foods