A
health food store is a type of
grocery store that primarily sells
health foods,
organic foods, local
produce, and often
nutritional supplements. Health food stores typically offer a wider or more specialized selection of foods than conventional grocery stores for their customers, for example
athletes and
bodybuilders, people with special dietary needs, such as people who are
allergic to the
gluten in wheat or some other substance, or have
diabetes mellitus, and for people who observe
vegetarian,
vegan,
raw food, organic, or other alternative
diets.