What is food?

Question

What is food?

Answer 1

Everything if you're at the top of the food chain.

Answer 2

life... life consumes life

Answer 3

food is good.

Answer 4

fuel for the body

Answer 5

It is any substance that You desire to chew and swallow when You are hungry.

Answer 6

Food does provide fuel for the body, but in the best form, it feeds the soul as much as the body! It excites the senses; it can help or hurt, cure or kill; it can bring different ethnic groups together and can be a catalyst for peace. Those who sit at table together and share food cannot be at war. Food also brings joy and comfort - the first thing after a birth or a death brought to a home is food.

Answer 7

Food is any substance, usually composed primarily of carbohydrates, fats, water and/or proteins, that can be eaten or drunk by an animal for nutrition or pleasure. Items considered food may be sourced from plants, animals or other categories such as fungus or fermented products like alcohol. Although many human cultures sought food items through hunting and gathering, today most cultures use farming, ranching, and fishing, with hunting, foraging and other methods of a local nature included but playing a minor role.

Most traditions have a recognizable cuisine, a specific set of cooking traditions, preferences, and practices, the study of which is known as gastronomy. Many cultures have diversified their foods by means of preparation, cooking methods and manufacturing. This also includes a complex food trade which helps the cultures to economically survive by-way-of food, not just by consumption.

Many cultures study the dietary analysis of food habits. While humans are omnivores, religion and social constructs such as morality often affect which foods they will consume. Food safety is also a concern with foodborne illness claiming many lives each year. In many languages, food is often used metaphorically or figuratively, as in "food for thought".