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diet
diet Range of food and drink consumed by an animal. The human diet falls into five main groups of necessary nutrients:
protein,
carbohydrate,
fat,
vitamin, and
mineral. An adult's daily requirement is about one gram of protein for each kilogram of body weight. Beans, fish, eggs, milk, and meat are important protein sources. Carbohydrates (stored as
glycogen) and fat are the chief sources of energy and are found in cereals, root vegetables and sugars. Carbohydrates make up the bulk of most diets. Fats are a concentrated source of energy and aid the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins (vitamins A, D, E, and K). Water and minerals, such as iron, calcium, potassium, and sodium, are also essential.
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Diet Coke Unveils 'Effervescent' New Ad Campaign and Graphics; Ads feature actors Kate Beckinsale and Adrien Brody ... and lots of bubbles.
PR Newswire; 5/5/2004; 700+ words
; ...Beckinsale, Brody and bubbles, and they star alongside Diet Coke in a new advertising campaign for the world's number one diet soft drink. Kate Beckinsale and Adrien Brody are featured in Diet Coke television ads slated to hit the air this month...
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Diets pile on protein
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 10/10/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...reintroduce carbs into their diets after their first two weeks on the diet. A medical checkup...starting one of the diets, and medical monitoring while on the diet also is important...said. Some of the diet-book authors also...that people on the diets take a potassium supplement...
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Diet Trends in the United States 2008.
M2 Presswire; 7/3/2008; 700+ words
; ...popular - Low Fat - Diet popular for adaptation Calorie Counting Diets do not get high points...satisfied with current diets Figure 16: Satisfaction with diet plans (summary of...Usage of specific diet foods, 2007, and usage of diets or food
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Which diet best reduces cardiovascular disease risk?
Magazine article from: Journal of the Australian Traditional-Medicine Society; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...on blood pressure and serum lipids. The Diets The healthy diets comprised a carbohydrate rich diet similar to the DASH diet, a protein rich...compliance or non-compliance with the diet. The diets were designed at 5 caloric levels, and...
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Homemade diets: better? The pet food recall caused owners to panic and rethink the way they feed their animals. Here's how to do it safely.(Nutrition)
Magazine article from: Dog Watch; 7/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...interest in homemade diets hinges largely on...contaminated food if its diet is made entirely of...feeding a homemade diet, there are several...additional aspects of fresh diets that should be considered...choosing to prepare fresh diets for their dogs; however, formulating a diet ...
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Diet prescribed to lower blood pressure also reduces women's risk of heart failure.
Newspaper article from: NewsRx Health; 5/31/2009; 700+ words
; ...Levitan. "We compared women with diets most similar to the DASH diet to women with diets that were not similar and found that...few of the women we looked at had diets that shared all aspects of the DASH diet," she adds. "But we found that...
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DIET COACH: Surplus of diet advice is really confusing.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England); 5/29/2005; 700+ words
; ...Atkins Diet, the South Beach Diet, the GI Diet and the GL Diet, together with countless variations of the same and all the older diets we've forgotten about like the High Fibre Diet, the Pineapple Diet, the Cabbage Soup...
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Do Diets Really Work?
Magazine article from: Today's Woman; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...commitment to lose weight. Diets are not the answer, but you can change your diet and exercise habits...Questions Have you found a diet that really works...There is no magic pill Diets don't work for many...a well-balanced diet, doing resistance...Calorie restrictive diets only slow ...
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Diet Dr. Robert Atkins dies from injuries.
News Wire article from: United Press International; 4/17/2003; 700+ words
; ...International via COMTEX) Dr. Robert Atkins, the diet guru of low-carb, high-protein fame...Veronica. The founder of the Atkins Diet had been a controversial figure in the...tried what he described as an effortless diet cutting carbohydrates and increasing protein...
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The diet wars.
Newspaper article from: Nutrition Action Healthletter; 6/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...good research on diets, any news is big...follow an Atkins diet lost more weight...higher-carbohydrate diet. The researchers...wanted to test the diets under real-life...lose weight on most diets. "The Atkins diet may be a good way...
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diets
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
diets A diet is a pattern of food...in populations with a diet high in salt . ‘Western’ diets The diets of affluent...a weight-reduction diet. Numerous types of weight-reducing diets have been marketed...
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Diets
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...excesses occur. Diet plans that claim...uncountable. These diets employ a variety...with the overall diet, simply with one...as fat or energy. Diets also may be classified...low carbohydrate diets such as the Atkins diet. Most physician...
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Mediterranean Diet
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
...the Mediterranean diet is associated with...Where traditional diets conforming to the...that no single such diet exists and that to...dietary changes. Also, diets in the Mediterranean...necessary to consume diets similar to those traditionally...the Mediterranean diet is one ...
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Diets and Dieting
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
DIETS AND DIETING DIETS AND DIETING. Although "diet" most broadly refers to the intake...diet during the 1930s and 1940s, diet therapy and dieting were finally...amenable to good health, faddish diets and quick-fix weight loss plans...
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Pritikin Diet
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
...spent the next 20 years researching diet and nutrition , experimenting with a variety of diets , such as eating only meats or only...program combining moderate exercise with a diet low in fat and high in fiber was most...
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