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dietary

[dahy-i-ter-ee] / ˈdaɪ ɪˌtɛr i /




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"This work," it says, "has been done in line with government regulation and dietary guidance, which focusses on the nutritional content of food rather than the level of processing."

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

D-serine is sometimes used as a dietary supplement, but an important distinction can get lost in discussions of food sources.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

Adding sugar was against John’s dietary principles, but William bought the recipe from his brother, added cane sugar to the mix, and created a company to make and market corn flakes in 1906.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

The answer starts with Jesus, but much of the credit belongs to St. Paul, who dispensed with Jewish dietary law, circumcision requirements and prohibitions against intermarriage, thus broadening the appeal of early Christianity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Normally, I was thrilled to get pizza—it was pretty much the best dietary indiscretion ever—but I could feel Dad watching me at every bite, flaring his nostrils.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

This quantity of 45 g. is however, higher, allowing for the boy's age, than that in several of the dietaries we have given in our table.

From The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition by A. W. Duncan

The American dietaries examined in this inquiry were of people living at the time in Massachusetts and Connecticut, though many came from other parts of the country.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 by Various

At another time, we may be deeply concerned in the subject of prison discipline; and while studying reports, returns, and dietaries, the subject of workhouse discipline may become associated with it, and induce comparisons.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 by Various

The estimates of the quantities of food in the two dietaries just quoted were made from tradesmen's bills and the composition was calculated from analyses of similar materials rather than of those actually used.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 by Various

Scientific dietaries have been prepared with a view to teaching the poor to use nutritious and economical foods.

From Friendly Visiting among the Poor A Handbook for Charity Workers by Mary Ellen Richmond




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