NUTRITIOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nutritious mean? 

• NUTRITIOUS (adjective)
  The adjective NUTRITIOUS has 1 sense:

1. of or providing nourishment

  Familiarity information: NUTRITIOUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NUTRITIOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or providing nourishment

Synonyms:

alimental; alimentary; nourishing; nutrient; nutritious; nutritive

Context example:

good nourishing stew

Similar:

wholesome (conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being)

Derivation:

nutrition (a source of materials to nourish the body)

nutrition ((physiology) the organic process of nourishing or being nourished; the processes by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance)

nutritiousness (the quality of being nourishing and promoting healthy growth)

 Context examples 

When we have finished at the police-station I think that something nutritious at Simpson’s would not be out of place.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In conjunction with a perfect stomach that could digest anything, he possessed knowledge of the various foods that were at the same time nutritious and cheap.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

To receive top ratings a diet must be relatively easy to follow, nutritious, safe, effective for weight loss and protective against diabetes and heart disease.

(DASH ranked Best Diet Overall for eighth year in a row by U.S. News and World Report, National Institutes of Health)

“Most nutritious foods are expensive in low-income countries. Eggs and fresh milk, for example, are often ten times as expensive as starchy staples in caloric terms,” the study stated.

(High cost of healthy food to blame for malnutrition, SciDev.Net)

These findings raise the prospect that it may be possible to use such knowledge of the gut microbiome to help develop healthier, more nutritious processed foods.

(Human Gut Microbe Could Make Processed Foods Healthier, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

I think one of last things we would have come up with is, 'I bet it will make our food less nutritious,' he said.

(Planet-Warming Gases Make Some Food Less Nutritious, Study Says, Steve Baragona/VOA)

And you never saw me take snuff, the reason being that in my snuff-box I carry a piece of Parmesan cheese—a cheese made in Italy, very nutritious.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

The scientists fed the genetically modified corn to chickens at Rutgers University in order to show it was nutritious for them, co-author Joachim Messing said.

(US Researchers Genetically Modify Corn to Boost Nutritional Value, VOA News)

Research like this is an important part of understanding the role of nutrition in health and may also help people identify foods that are both nutritious and accessible — helping people stay healthy for the long term.

(Heavily processed foods cause overeating and weight gain, National Institutes of Health)

Researchers examined the motivational role of a theory called regulatory focus on consumers' involvement in nutrition, that is, the time and effort they put in to finding out about nutrition and seeking out nutritious food.

(People with Positive Attitude More Likely to Eat Healthily, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)