What you eat is an important part of your overall health and wellbeing. Intake, DIET, and FARE are all terms used to describe what you eat. Intake is the amount of food or drink taken in by an individual over a certain period of time. DIET is the type of food or drink that an individual consumes on a regular basis. FARE is the type of food or drink that is served at a particular event or occasion. All three terms are related to what you eat and can be used to describe the food and drink that you consume.