Food that is nutritious is full of the good things your body needs — protein, vitamins, minerals, and so on — so it helps you stay well and grow. We say it about food and drink, not about people: a meal can be nutritious; a person is not.

Food that is nutritiousnutritious的食物is full of the good things your body needs充滿身體需要的好東西——protein, vitamins, minerals, and so on像是蛋白質、維生素、礦物質之類的，so it helps you stay well and grow讓你保持健康、幫助成長。We say it about food and drink, not about people我們是用它來形容食物和飲料，不是用來形容人：a meal can be nutritious一餐可以是nutritious的；a person is not但人不會是。

It is a careful, slightly school-and-doctor word. In everyday talk people often just say “healthy food” or “good for you.” Though actually, those are not the same. A food can be light and “healthy” and still not give you much of what your body needs; a nutritious food can be quite heavy, like beans, eggs, or brown rice.

It is a careful, slightly school-and-doctor word這是一個講究、有點學校和醫生用語味道的字。In everyday talk people often just say “healthy food” or “good for you.”日常講話大家常常只說『healthy food（健康食物）』或『good for you（對你有好處）』。Though actually不過其實，those are not the same這些跟nutritious不是同一件事。A food can be light and “healthy”一種食物可以很清淡、很『healthy』，and still not give you much of what your body needs卻沒辦法給你身體真正需要的東西；a nutritious food can be quite heavy而一種nutritious的食物可以很『重』，like beans, eggs, or brown rice像是豆子、蛋，或糙米。

Parents, teachers, and food labels love this word. You will also meet it in ads that want a snack to sound better than it is, so it is worth asking: nutritious compared with what?

Parents, teachers, and food labels父母、老師，還有食品標示love this word很愛用這個字。You will also meet it in ads that want a snack to sound better than it is你也會在想把零食講得比實際更好的廣告裡碰到這個字，so it is worth asking所以值得反問一句：nutritious compared with what比什麼更nutritious？