traditional diet
Heritage food pattern
A traditional diet refers to the eating patterns and foods characteristic of a particular culture or region before industrialization and global food trade transformed what people eat.
The term usually implies whole, minimally processed foods prepared according to ancestral methods: She follows a traditional Japanese diet rich in fish and fermented vegetables.
In health contexts, traditional diet often contrasts with modern Western eating habits, suggesting the older way was nutritionally superior.
- ancestralOf one's forebears
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- wholesomeConducive to well-being
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- fermentedTransformed by microbial action
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