Providing nutrients that contribute meaningfully to health, energy, and growth.
Reach for it when praising food for supported nutritional value without claiming that one item creates a complete diet
The school serves a nutritious breakfast with oats, fruit, yogurt, and seeds.
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warm
Fits when the food is both sustaining and experienced as restorative
Careful Nourishing can describe emotional experiences and is less exact about nutritional composition.
warm
Fits when familiar language should suggest simple food that supports wellbeing
Careful Wholesome is culturally loaded and can turn food choice into a moral judgment.
professional
Fits when a meal combines food groups or nutrients in suitable proportions
Careful A single nutritious ingredient need not be balanced, and a balanced meal can vary in nutrient quality.
professional
Fits when the food supplies substantial nutrients relative to calories or portion
Careful Nutrient density is comparative and does not automatically make a food appropriate for every person.
formal
Fits when the item contributes to health within an overall eating pattern
Careful Healthful is broader and depends on quantity, preparation, and the rest of the diet.
literary
sustaining
Fits when the meal provides lasting energy and satisfaction
Careful Sustaining concerns endurance and fullness rather than the range of nutrients.
nutritious meal
A nutritious meal was waiting for every runner after the event.
nutritious food
The program makes nutritious food affordable throughout the winter.
nutritious breakfast
A nutritious breakfast helped the students concentrate through the morning.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Vealhurl, Southern England accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Updated
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