diet
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Healthier habits, including better diet, regular exercise, sufficient sleep, and not smoking, measurably reduced the loss of disease-free years associated with social isolation.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 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
Another species of penguin, the macaroni, also nests on the island and is thriving, which scientists believe is linked to their more varied diet.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Rather than jar his fragile stomach with solid foods, the doctor decided he should be put on a liquid diet until he got better.
From "Bunnicula" by Deborah Howe and James Howe
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By keeping their diets identical, the researchers could more clearly isolate the effects of exercise.
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
Ketone bodies also appear during fasting or very low-calorie diets, when the body must draw on stored fat for energy.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Experts say the data reflects the impact of the "global obesity epidemic, poor diets and insufficient exercise"
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 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
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
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
It’s that vicious dieting cycle, like when I was younger.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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Nutrition - Introductory
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