Foods protect us from disease and therefore antibiotics which protect us from disease are also foods.

True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is B False
Food help us remain metabolically active and healthy however the antibiotics are additional chemicals which one intakes to kill potential microbe, but these are not essential for one's living, hence these cannot be categorised as food.
So, the correct option is 'false'

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