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diet

[dahy-it] / ˈdaɪ ɪt /




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For Joshi, the discovery highlights why scientists need to look beyond familiar risk factors such as diet when investigating chronic diseases.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

The researchers discovered that polyethylene exposure increased indicators of fatty liver disease even without the added influence of an unhealthy diet.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

This is likely due to the loss of muscle or to a diet lacking in protein and other nutrients.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

He’s equally intense about his diet, which includes plenty of meat—and every part of the animal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The nurse would give her injections, and a light massage, and she would have a diet.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

By keeping their diets identical, the researchers could more clearly isolate the effects of exercise.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

However, animal-free D3 made from sources such as lichen is also available, an important consideration for people following vegan or plant-based diets.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

“Deep food acculturation meant that Jewish and Muslim diets were often indistinguishable” which still include prohibitions on pork.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Experts say the data reflects the impact of the "global obesity epidemic, poor diets and insufficient exercise"

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Men, women, and children have serious dental problems resulting from malnutrition and a lack of calcium in their diets.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

“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

I’m thrilled to say that I haven’t dieted in a long time, but that lizard brain mentality is still with me sometimes telling me what I should and shouldn’t be eating or enjoying.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 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

The fact that our bodies have this capacity to “remember” our previous heavier weight helps to explain why so many people regain weight after dieting.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 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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