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Topic: NUTRITION

diet

2 verb
     
diet2 [intransitive]
DFN to limit the amount and type of food that you eat, in order to become thinner [= slim]
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antioxidant calorie calorific carbohydrate cholesterol crash diet dextrose diet(n) diet(v) dietary dietetics dietician digestion digestive E emulsifier E number fat fat-free fatty fatty acid fibre fructose glucose gluten lactic acid lactose lo-cal low-fat macrobiotic malnourished malnutrition metabolism metabolize mineral nourishing nutrient nutriment nutrition nutritious nutritive overeat overweight polyunsaturated process processed protein RDA reduce riboflavin roughage saturated fat sell-by date starch starchy stone-ground sustenance thiamin vitamin well-balanced wheatgerm

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