What is Food?
Edible or Inedible?
-Inedible foods -Edible by animals but not by me -Edible by humans, but not by my kind -Edible by humans, but not by me -Edible by me
Explanations for Pica (8)
1. Craving for deficient substance 2. Malfunction caused by micronutrient deficiency 3. Gastrointestinal upset 4. Detoxification 5. Hunger 6. Comfort response to stress 7. Mental illness 8. Cultural tradition
Food that is eaten is greatly influenced by: (2)
1. Culture 2. Circumstance
Food (Textbook Definition)
Any substance that provides the nutrients necessary to maintain life and growth when ingested.
1972 Plane Crash in the Andes
Cannibalism; some living ate the dead
Food is that which is...
Eaten
Criteria (for Inedible/Edible) May Change in Times of Hardship
Sensory, Nourishment, Fullness (Inedible becomes edible, for example)
Nutrients
Substances found in food which are necessary for health, growth, and reproduction.
Pica
The craving and consumption of non-food substances. -Includes consumption of soil, ash, shells, paper, paint chips, etc. -Pregnant women, children, people with anemia. -Also when other food not available.
Nutrition
The study of food and its inter-relationships with humans and animals.
Edible
able to be eaten
Inedible
able to be eaten but never consumed
Non-edible
not able to be eaten (example: objects)