plant-based food

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plant-based
adjective
uk
/ˈplɑːntˌbeɪst/us
/ˈplæntˌbeɪst/
consisting or made completely of plants, or mainly ...
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food
noun[C or U]
uk
/fuːd/us
/fuːd/
something that people and animals eat, or plants absorb, to keep ...
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(Definition ofplant-basedandfoodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Unlike those carnivorous fish, tilapia can feed on algae or anyplant-basedfood.
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Scientists theorise that these organisms survived the collapse ofplant-basedfoodchains because they fed on detritus.
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Scientists hypothesize that these organisms survived the collapse ofplant-basedfoodchains because they fed on detritus and non-living organic material.
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Forest gardening, aplant-basedfoodproduction system, is believed to be the oldest form of land use in the world.
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Unlike carnivorous fish, tilapia can feed on algae or anyplant-basedfood.
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In 1989, at the age of 43, a bout with cancer caused him to refine his diet even further to focus on organic, natural, whole,plant-basedfoodand occasional fish.
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Now, there is the possibility that antibiotic resistance will be added to by plant-based foods.
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However, dietary therapy is never sufficient to control this disease since plant sterols are constituents of all plant-based foods.
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Like other plant-based foods, they contain no cholesterol and little fat or sodium.
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They eat both animal and plant-based foods, such as frozen blood worms, frozen tubifex worms, baby brine shrimp, and vegetable flakes.
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In contrast, plant-based foods contain no cholesterol and, in various other ways, help to decrease the amount of cholesterol made by the body.
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The study compared the health consequences of diets rich in animal-based foods to diets rich in plant-based foods among people who were genetically similar.
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The molecule is produced by some plants and is a contributor to the aroma of several plant-based foods.
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It is now believed that dietary nitrate in the form of plant-based foods is converted in the body to nitric oxide which reduces hypertension.
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