What's the difference between "health food" and "healthy food"?

[nq:1]What's the difference between "health food" and "healthy food"?[/nq]
'Healthy food' is a general description of food that is healthy (spinach, broccoli, carrots, eggs). 'Health food' is a description of food that is prepared, packaged and marketed as healthy, and may be sold in special 'health food' stores. 'Health food' may even be healthy food, but don't bet on it.

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(Email Removed) (Frank Fang) wrote on 13 Nov 2003:
[nq:1]What's the difference between "health food" and "healthy food"?[/nq]
Health food is sold commercially as "health food" and is not necessarily healthy. Granola bars are considered health food, but they are filled with sugar and other fattening things, so they don't necessarily contribute to your health, which is what healthy food will

John O'Flaherty (Email Removed) wrote on 13 Nov 2003:
[nq:2]What's the difference between "health food" and "healthy food"?[/nq]
[nq:1]'Healthy food' is a general description of food that is healthy (spinach, broccoli, carrots, eggs).[/nq]
Eggs have to come off that list. Too much cholesterol. Fish should replace eggs.

On 13 Nov 2003 04:23:58 GMT, CyberCypher
[nq:2]What's the difference between "health food" and "healthy food"?[/nq]
[nq:1]Health food is sold commercially as "health food" and is not necessarily healthy. Granola bars are considered health food, but ... contribute to your health, which is what healthy food will do. Apples and broccoli are healthy foods, not health foods.[/nq]
What's wit

On 13 Nov 2003 04:26:19 GMT, CyberCypher
[nq:2]'Healthy food' is a general description of food that is healthy (spinach, broccoli, carrots, eggs).[/nq]
[nq:1]Eggs have to come off that list. Too much cholesterol. Fish should replace eggs.[/nq]
A couple of months ago, I watched a University of California tv program. It had a cardiologist/researcher talking about the latest recommendatio

John O'Flaherty (Email Removed) wrote on 13 Nov 2003:
[nq:1]A couple of months ago, I watched a University of California tv program. It had a cardiologist/researcher talking about the ... to the simplistic conclusion that foods containing cholesterol cause heart disease. Eggs are healthy food. But fish are good too.[/nq]
Oh. Great! I love eggs. I eat them anyway, but it's very nice to know

Tony Cooper filted:
[nq:1]What's with this "healthy food"? A coconut is healthy, but coconuts contain a high level of saturated fat and are not a healthy diet for humans.[/nq]
Yes, that's yet another source of confusion...food that comprises a healthy diet for humans should, strictly speaking, be called "healthful" food..."healthy" food should refer to the condition of the food itself...so

[nq:2]A couple of months ago, I watched a University of ... disease. Eggs are healthy food. But fish are good too.[/nq]
[nq:1]Oh. Great! I love eggs. I eat them anyway, but it's very nice to know that in moderation they are nothing to fear. Thank you.[/nq]
Gosh! You've been apprehensive about eating them up to now? Eggs were discussed in this forum several years ago, and I though it was ag

} (Email Removed) (Frank Fang) wrote on 13 Nov 2003: }
}> What's the difference between "health food" and "healthy food"? }
} Health food is sold commercially as "health food" and is not } necessarily healthy. Granola bars are considered health food, but they } are filled with sugar and other fattening things, so they don't } necessarily contribute to your health, which is what healthy

On 13 Nov 2003 04:26:19 GMT, CyberCypher
[nq:2]'Healthy food' is a general description of food that is healthy (spinach, broccoli, carrots, eggs).[/nq]
[nq:1]Eggs have to come off that list. Too much cholesterol. Fish should replace eggs.[/nq]
Unless the fish is tuna contaminated with mercury, as it often is. Once or twice a week is all right, one source I read claims. As you say, fish