Biologically Based Practices

**Semantic type:** Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure

**Definition:** A major category of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM), dealing with natural and biologically-based nutritional interventions and practices. These include, but is not limited to, botanicals, animal-derived extracts, vitamins, minerals, fatty acids, amino acids, proteins, prebiotics and probiotics (live bacteria (and sometimes yeasts) found in foods such as yogurt or in dietary supplements), whole diets, and functional foods.

**Synonyms:** - Biological Based Therapies (with ODS) - Biologically Based Therapy - Biologically-Based Therapy - CAM Biologically-Based Therapy - CAM Nutritional Therapy