Food Families Food families allow you to determine which foods are closely related.
Biologists have arranged the species of plants and animals into a taxonomy, a type of hierarchy, that shows the relationships between the species. There is, for example, a plant kingdom and an animal kingdom, and each are divided into phylums, classes, orders, families, genuses, and down to the level of the species. The family is the taxonomic rank usually used to consider the relationships of foods. Similar CharacteristicsFoods in the same family often share characteristics, such as:
Allergy ConsiderationsIf a food provokes allergy symptoms or makes you ill in any way (such as headaches, stomach ache, diarrhea), its relatives in the same family:
Lists of FamiliesHere are some common foods that are listed in family groups that make it easy to see the relationships between the foods.List of Fruits List of Vegetables List of Grains List of Nuts and Seeds List of Meats and Poultry Return from Food Families to Elimination Diet Return to Getting Started With Healthy Eating Home |
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