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diet

[dahy-it] / ˈdaɪ ɪt /




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Vitamin D can come from our diet, in foods such as oily fish and meat, or supplements.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Yes, it transcends the constraints of both diet and design.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

In November 2023, the economy began producing a steady diet of largely sub-100,000 new monthly job readings out of the private sector that persist to this day.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

For comparison, 191 milligrams of aspartame is roughly the amount found in one can of diet soda.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

Phineas is knocked flat by the medicines and spends the next two weeks in bed, where Dr. Harlow keeps him on a "low," or bland, diet.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

This is especially relevant when using very low-calorie diets to achieve diabetes remission.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

It also noted rising beef costs and “higher protein usage” as people try to find ways to pack more protein into their diets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

"In summary: When it comes to slowing down the aging process, there isn't just one healthy diet, but indeed a whole repertoire of possible diets with a positive effect."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

Researchers therefore could not account for changes in individual diets over the following decades.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

Maize lacks digestible niacin, the amino acids lysine and tryptophan, necessary to make proteins and diets with too much maize can lead to protein deficiency and pellagra, a disease caused by lack of niacin.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

“I just couldn’t look like that no matter how much I dieted or went to the gym.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

“Apartments without dining rooms, as if anticipating a future where families disintegrated, compulsively dieted, or ate alone, in front of televisions.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024

For example, one study revealed that compared with daughters of nondieting women, 5-year-old girls whose mothers dieted were aware of the connection between dieting and thinness.

From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2024

The sales rep said: "I yo-yo dieted my whole life, for 30 years, and I got my sleeve two years ago."

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2024

He dieted on eggs and cottage cheese three or four times a year.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Both were usually euphemisms for the same thing: I was dieting, and I had already begun the day’s arithmetic.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

“Lisa” represents a woman in her late 30s or 40s with a long history of dieting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Repeated weight loss followed by weight regain, often called "yo-yo dieting" or weight cycling, has long been viewed as unhealthy and potentially even worse than staying overweight.

From Science Daily ● May 17, 2026

The loss of lean tissue is similar to weight loss from dieting, but the magnitude over a short period can lead to frailty, instability and lack of coordination, doctors and researchers say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026

Most people had the sense not to share a dieting trick with an overweight person, but no one seemed to think it was wrong to share their acne remedies with me.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi


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