Nutrition

Nutrition is the science that interprets the interaction of nutrients and other substances in food (e.g. phytonutrients, anthocyanins, tannins, etc.) in relation to maintenance, growth, reproduction, health and disease of an organism. It includes food intake, absorption, assimilation, biosynthesis, catabolism and excretion.

The diet of an organism is what it eats, which is largely determined by the availability, processing and palatability of foods. A healthy diet includes preparation of food and storage methods that preserve nutrients from oxidation, heat or leaching, and that reduce risk of food-born illnesses.

Each species in the Union requires a balance of nutrients unique to that species. This is true no matter if silicon or carbon based; plant or animal; corporal or non-corporal.

A poor diet may have an injurious impact on health, causing deficiency diseases like kwashiorkor; health-threatening conditions like metabolic syndrome; and such common chronic systemic diseases as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and osteoporosis.

Union Law
Any company or individual that produces or provides a substance intended for consumption and offers this substance on the Union Market must comply with Union food labeling policies.

Union trade laws require that pre-packed or prepared food must be labeled for what life form it is intended. Carbon based lifeform food must strictly be separated from Silicone based food. DNA and sugar turning must be clearly labeled.

Union law states that every individual should freely make his or her own decisions about food.