Food

                                     FOOD

food, substance consisting basically of protein, carbohydrate, fat, and different vitamins used within the frame of an organism to sustain increase and crucial processes and to furnish power. the absorption and utilization of meals via the frame is fundamental to nutrients and is facilitated via digestion. plant life, which convert solar power to food by photosynthesis, are the primary meals source. animals that feed on flora often function assets of meals for different animals. to research extra about the sequence of transfers of count number and energy inside the form of meals from organism to organism, see meals chain.

looking and gathering, horticulture, pastoralism, and the development of agriculture are the primary method with the aid of which people have tailored to their environments to feed themselves. meals has lengthy served as a provider of lifestyle in human societies and has been a riding pressure for globalization. this become especially the case all through the early phases of european alternate and colonial growth, whilst meals such as the hot crimson pepper, corn (maize), and candy potatoes spread at some point of europe to africa and asia.

food is dealt with in some of articles. for an outline of the strategies of absorption and usage of food, see nutrition; nutrition, human; digestion; and digestive gadget, human. for statistics on the methods used to put together raw ingredients for cooking, intake, or garage, see meals maintenance.