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standards. (February 2010)| In nutrition, diet is the sum of
food consumed by a person or other organism. Dietary habits are
the habitual decisions an individual or culture makes when
choosing what foods to eat. The word diet often implies the use
of specific intake of nutrition for health or weight-management
reasons (with the two often being related). Although humans are
omnivores, each culture and each person holds some food
preferences or some food taboos. This may be due to personal
tastes or ethical reasons. Individual dietary choices may be
more or less healthy. Proper nutrition requires ingestion and
absorption of fiber, vitamins, minerals, and food energy in the
form of carbohydrates, proteins, vegetable oils, and fats.
Dietary habits and choices play a significant role in the
quality of life, health and longevity. It can define cultures
and play a role in religion. Religious and cultural dietary
choices  Some cultures and religions have