Nutritionism
Nutritionism
Nutritionism (/njuːˈtrɪʃənɪzəm/) is a term that refers to the ideology that foods are primarily a delivery mechanism for nutrients. The concept is often associated with the idea that the nutritional value of a food is the sum of all its individual nutrients, vitamins, and other components.
Etymology
The term "nutritionism" was coined by Gyorgy Scrinis in 2002 to describe the reductive understanding of nutrients in food. The term was later popularized by Michael Pollan in his book "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto".
Related Terms
- Nutrient: A substance that provides nourishment essential for growth and the maintenance of life.
- Diet: The kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats.
- Vitamin: Any of a group of organic compounds which are essential for normal growth and nutrition and are required in small quantities in the diet because they cannot be synthesized by the body.
- Mineral: A solid inorganic substance of natural occurrence.
- Food: Any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink or that plants absorb in order to maintain life and growth.
Criticism
Critics of nutritionism argue that it reduces food to its nutritional components, ignoring other factors that contribute to the health benefits of food, such as the way it is prepared and consumed, and the cultural and social context in which it is eaten. They also argue that nutritionism encourages the consumption of processed foods fortified with synthetic nutrients, rather than whole foods that naturally contain a wide range of nutrients.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Nutritionism
- Wikipedia's article - Nutritionism
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