diet
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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
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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
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“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
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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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Nutrition - Introductory
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