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.

Origin of health food

First recorded in 1880–85

Example sentences from the Web for health food

  • The health-food companies, too, arrayed their appetizing wares.

    The Teacher |George Herbert Palmer
  • The cold sore had vanished permanently under a régime of health-food, dumb-bells, and icy plunges.

    Gigolo |Edna Ferber

British Dictionary definitions for health food

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

Medical definitions for health food

health food

n.

A food believed to be highly beneficial to health, especially a food grown organically and free of chemical additives.