Question

What are the functions of food?

Answer 1

Answer:

Food provides our bodies with what they need to:

stay alive, be active, move and work;

build new cells and tissues for growth;

stay healthy and heal themselves;

prevent and fight infections.

Answer 2

Answer:

A functional food is a food claimed to have an additional function by adding new ingredients or more of existing ingredients. The term may also apply to traits purposely bred into existing edible plants, such as purple or gold potatoes having decreased anthocyanin or carotenoid contents, respectively.