Health Foods

The term health food is generally used to describe foods that are considered to be beneficial to health. However, the term is not precisely defined by national regulatory agencies such as the USDA or the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Health foods are sold in health food stores or in the health/organic sections of supermarkets.

There are a wide variety of diet regimes which are claimed to have an effect on health. The term "health food" can be applied to carnivorous, vegetarian, macrobiotic, vegan, raw (uncooked) and fruitarian diets, amongst others.