Health food store

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Organic vegetables at a farmers' market in Argentina

A health food store (or health food shop) is a type of

vegan, raw food, organic, or other alternative diets
.

Health food

Main article: Healthy diet

The term

whole foods. Macrobiotics is a diet focusing primarily on whole cereals. Whole cereals, along with other whole foods, are foods that are minimally processed. Whole cereals have their fiber, germ and hull intact and are considered more nutritious. Natural foods are simply foods that contain no artificial ingredients. Organic foods are foods that are grown without the use of conventional and artificial pesticides and must meet certain organic standards
.

Nutritional supplements

Most health food stores also sell

dietary supplements, like vitamins, herbal supplements and homeopathic remedies. Herbal supplements have never been regulated until the European Directive on Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products
came into force on 30 April 2004. The Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive, 2004/24/EC, was established to provide a regulatory approval process for herbal medicines in the European Union (EU).

History

Whole Foods Market has brought large, multi-national corporate buying power to the health food store industry.

Many foods which are now commonplace in groceries first entered the market in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Efforts by early health pioneers such as F.A. Sawall, Paul Bragg, Sylvester Graham, John Harvey Kellogg, George Ohsawa, Ellen White and others spurred an interest in health food.

One of the early health food stores, "Thomas Martindale Company" is thought to be founded in 1869 by English immigrant Thomas Martindale in Oil City, Pennsylvania.[1][2][3] Martindale advocated for healthy living and physical exercise through education and a series of books he authors.[2] In the 1920s and 1930s health food stores gained popularity.[4]

better source needed] Health food stores in the United States became more common in the 1960s.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ DeGrassa, Peg (August 23, 2021). "Martindale's Natural Market celebrates 150 years". Daily Times. Archived from the original on 2023-10-09.
  2. ^ a b "Death of Thomas Martindale". Printers' Ink. Printers' Ink Publishing Company. June 9, 1916. p. 10 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Martindale, Thomas C. "A Health Food Store is Founded", "Physical Culture Magazine, New York, October 1938.
  4. ^ Natural Foods Merchandiser July/August 2021 pg 49-50
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  6. ^ Marshall, Lisa (7 January 2016). "Legacy natural product companies, retailers share lessons for the future". Natural Foods Merchandiser.
  7. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2023-10-11.

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