food

Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for an organism. Food is usually of plant, animal, or fungal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals. The substance is ingested by an organism and assimilated by the organism's cells to provide energy, maintain life, or stimulate growth. Different species of animals have different feeding behaviours that satisfy the needs of their unique metabolisms, often evolved to fill a specific ecological niche within specific geographical contexts.
Omnivorous humans are highly adaptable and have adapted to obtain food in many different ecosystems. Historically, humans secured food through two main methods: hunting and gathering and agriculture. As agricultural technologies increased, humans settled into agriculture lifestyles with diets shaped by the agriculture opportunities in their geography. Geographic and cultural differences has led to creation of numerous cuisines and culinary arts, including a wide array of ingredients, herbs, spices, techniques, and dishes. As cultures have mixed through forces like international trade and globalization, ingredients have become more widely available beyond their geographic and cultural origins, creating a cosmopolitan exchange of different food traditions and practices.
Today, the majority of the food energy required by the ever-increasing population of the world is supplied by the industrial food industry, which produces food with intensive agriculture and distributes it through complex food processing and food distribution systems. This system of conventional agriculture relies heavily on fossil fuels, which means that the food and agricultural system is one of the major contributors to climate change, accountable for as much as 37% of total greenhouse gas emissions. Addressing the carbon intensity of the food system and food waste are important mitigation measures in the global response to climate change.The food system has significant impacts on a wide range of other social and political issues including: sustainability, biological diversity, economics, population growth, water supply, and access to food. The right to food is a human right derived from the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), recognizing the "right to an adequate standard of living, including adequate food", as well as the "fundamental right to be free from hunger". Because of these fundamental rights, food security is often a priority international policy activity; for example Sustainable Development Goal 2 "Zero hunger" is meant to eliminate hunger by 2030. Food safety and food security are monitored by international agencies like the International Association for Food Protection, World Resources Institute, World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization, and International Food Information Council, and are often subject to national regulation by institutions, like the Food and Drug Administration in the United States.

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    Tutorial PET FOOD & CLEANING TIPS

    based on actual experience just a brief background: adopted a month-old male kitten (July 23, 2022) FOOD: CatCare 22grams per feeding session, given 3x a day. Crushed, and mixed with hot water until Gerber consistency. Leave it to cool on room temp then serve For variety, a home made wet...
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    Question: What is a good homemade cat food recipe?

    Gusto ko sanang gawan ng home made cat food yung pusa ko, pero di ko sure anong maganda mga ingredients para complete meal sya. ANy suggestions?
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    Food for Thought

    I wish I could make everyone understand that you have to stop comparing your page 7 to someone else's pages 235.Learn to love and appreciate where you are and never compare yourself to the next. -Sylvester Mcnutt III
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    Pano magapply sa mga Fast food Chain?

    patulong po diko po kasi alam gagawin hehe, and ano pong mga nakalagay dapat sa resume?
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    Most Meat Consumption By Country and Type

    Source: Mapped: Meat Consumption By Country and Type
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    Food for thought

    Kaya guys, kapag ipinagpipilitan nilang tama sila, sakyan niyo na lang, liligaya pa sila.. hehehe *Credits sa may-ari
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    Help unlock sunmi food panda receipt printer?

    Pwede po patulong mag unlock ng sunmi foodpanda reciept printer?
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    Meanwhile Offering Food

    Everytime I offer someone my food and they said no,"that's good to hear".🥴
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    Mura at másáráp na vegetarian food

    Elow mga master, pwede makahingi ng healthy vegan food na madali lang lutuin?
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    Trivia Trans Fatty Food Is Now Banned: Why It's Bad For Your Health

    Love junk food? Looks like the government just accelerated your journey to healthy eating. Starting June 19, 2023, the use of trans fat in prepackaged processed food products is now banned in the Philippines. The Department of Health and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an order in...
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    Food na goods sa may hemorrhoids

    Hello sino po ba dito naka experience magkaroon ng hemorrhoids, anong foods ang pwede at bawal? Gumaling po ba sa inyo yung totally nawala yung swollen? Thank you
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    Public Announcement: DO NOT use ChatGPT to generate recipes for food

    There's no guarantee that the recipe would taste good ---or even safe for human consumption! And this applies to all Al assistants, including ChatGPT, Claude, Bard, Character Al and so on. All Al assistants are based on LLMs that can suffer from hallucination, which meaning that the Al would...
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    Trivia Carrots were originally purple.

    Most people think that carrots are orange but carrots were originally purple or white and were used as food as early as the 10th century in the Persian empire according to Healthline. The orange carrots we eat today were a genetic mutation. You can buy different colored carrots in markets today...
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    Trivia Cheetahs Meow

    Cheetahs meow like house cats Cheetahs, despite their size, stature, and status, actually can't roar. They meow just like normal house cats. In fact, only four of the "big cats" actually roar: lions, tigers, leopard, and jaguars, because they have a ligament in their voice box that can be...
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    Trivia You need saliva to taste food

    You need saliva to taste food You produce about a liter of saliva per day. Over the course of a lifetime, that's enough to fill two large swimming pools! So what are taste buds for? They do taste the food—once the food has been broken down into a form that the chemoreceptors in the taste buds...
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    Food Panda

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    Prito, Tinola o Adobo?

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    Food Food para sa mataas uric acid

    Ano po kaya mga food pwede kainin para sa mataas ang uric acid?
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    Tutorial All-Organic Baby Food Cookbook First Time Parent's Guide to Nutritious Foods for Every Age and Stage

    All-Organic Baby Food Cookbook First Time Parent's Guide to Nutritious Foods for Every Age and Stage Size: 136MB The complete nutrition guide and organic cookbook for healthy and delicious first foods for baby! For new parents, it can be overwhelming to figure out what's best for your baby...
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    Food Looking for food na matagal masira

    Morning ka PHC. Lilipat na sana ako ng Boarding house this week pero ang problema ko medyo malayo yung palengke dun. Ask ko lang po sana kung anong mga pagkain ang matagal masira mainly gulay na good for 1 week, wala kasing ref dun eh. Salamat ng marami!
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    Crispy pata

    Crispy pata ✅ Creepy pasta ❎
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    másáráp Kainin

    🖼️ Ctto. Ano Yan másáráp Na yan haha
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    Food Taho Question

    Tumanda nako lahat lahat, tuwing may napapadaan na mang tataho sa bahay namin. Ni isang beses di ko manlang natanong kay manong kung bakit siya nag sasayang ng taho? Bakit nga ba nila tinatapon yung taho kada may bibili sakanila?
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    Unli wings

    Kanina tuwang tuwa ka nung sabi ko na lilibre kita ng Unli Wings tapos ngayon mag a-attitude
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    Referral Affordable Cat food for cat lover

    cuties Catz Cat Food Dry 1kg Salmon Seafood Tuna & Shrimp 🛒Shop link: SHOP LINK Shop Rating: 4.9⭐ Cuties Catz is fortified with balanced nutrition and essential vitamins and minerals to complete the nutritional cat's requirement. With delicious taste, Cuties Catz becomes cat's favorite food...
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    Sayotes

    Kamote 😂
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    Usong uso! Lato-lato!

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    Hindi ko alam

    Guys ano tawag dito? Inabot saken ng nanay ko pagka uwi galing palengke.
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    FROZEN FOOD STORE

    Hello mga lods, Balak ko po sana magbukas ng frozen food store sa ibaba ng bahay namin.. bale i-renovate yung terrace gagawing Frozen shop..any advice po sa mga merong same business and baka makakuha ng idea kung saan ung direct supplier..up to 300k ang budget kasama na renovation po...
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