THE definition of “food” nowadays can pose some difficulty when almost anything can be put into the mouth and ingested. Our age has already defined food beyond the staples, the fruits, the vegetables, or the meats of old. Even the term “food supplement” adds to the confusion since fruits and vegetables provide the vita-minerals they contain. Supplements, too, are presented as “processed” foods. So the demarcation has faded. A piece of mango can be presented as “food supplement” as the capsule popped into your mouth. What is food then? We have to go back to basics. Food must be anything you can eat or drink, and must provide nutritional support to your body without any therapeutic effects. Even this definition has problems. It is a fact of medical science that... [ Read more. ] This article is available in SunStar Cebu newspaper on 24 November 2010.
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