diet

Related to diet: Dukan Diet

chameleon diet

obsolete A scant diet. If this poor harvest continues, all of us will have a chameleon diet come winter.
See also: diet

go on a diet

To begin a specific nutritional plan typically consisting of eating smaller amounts of food, eating (or avoiding) particular foods, or both in an attempt to lose weight or achieve some other health benefit. I think I need to go one a diet—I'm actually having trouble going up and down the stairs without losing my breath! My doctor suggested I go on a diet rich in red meat and leafy greens for a month to try to bolster my iron levels.
See also: diet, go, on

on a diet

Participating in a specific nutritional plan typically consisting of eating smaller amounts of food, eating (or avoiding) particular foods, or both in an attempt to lose weight or achieve some other health benefit. A: "Would you like some of my lemon meringue pie?" B: "No, thank you. I'm on a diet." My doctor put me on a diet of nothing but fruits, vegetables, and nuts.
See also: diet, on

paleo diet

A diet that typically consists of meat, fruit, vegetables, and nuts. "Paleo" is a shortening of "Paleolithic," referring to foods that are thought to have been available to be consumed by humans in the Paleolithic period (or "Stone Age"). Derek's on the paleo diet, so he literally never eats bread.
See also: diet, paleo

put (one) on a diet

To instruct or direct one to begin a specific nutritional plan typically consisting of eating smaller amounts of food, eating (or avoiding) particular foods, or both in an attempt to lose weight or achieve some other health benefit. My doctor put me on a diet rich in red meat and leafy greens for a month to try to bolster my iron levels. I had to put my dog on a diet because it was actually having trouble going up and down the stairs.
See also: diet, on, put
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

*on a diet

trying to lose weight by eating less food or specific foods. (*Typically: be ~; go ~; put someone ~; stay ~.) I didn't eat any cake because I'm on a diet. I'm getting too heavy. I'll have to go on a diet. I have a lot of trouble staying on a diet.
See also: diet, on
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • chameleon diet
  • be all very well
  • all very well
  • all very well/fine but...
  • all very fine
  • go on then
  • be common knowledge
  • be common/public knowledge
  • turn (one's) toes up
  • turn one’s toes up
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"While (the ketogenic diet) also has been tried for weight loss, only short-term results have been studied, and the results have been mixed," said registered dietitian Kathy McManus, director of the Department of Nutrition at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital.
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We were unable to find any controlled studies assessing the effects of an all-meat diet on joint pain.
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Findings in the study indicate that a Mediterranean diet is better in protecting from an increase in consumption, obesity and prediabetes as compared to a Western diet.
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If the flexibility aspect of the Macro Diet plan isn't abused, it offers a healthful diet plan that can be used for weight loss.
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The MIND diet, a combination of both the Mediterranean diet and the DASH diet, came in third on the U.S.
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carnea significantly lived longer on diet containing sugar only as compared to sugar and yeast (Pless than 0.05).
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A lacto-ovo vegetarian diet would reduce these emissions by 63% and a healthier non-vegetarian diet would reduce projected emissions by 29%.
Vegan diets: better for human and planetary health
fats such as olive oil and nuts had little effect on bodyweight or waist circumference compared to the people on a low-fat diet.
Follow Mediterranean diet to lose weight
> 3-day diet: There are many incarnations of the 3-day diet floating around.
No, miracle diets just don't work
The Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC) Diet, an eating plan designed to lower LDL cholesterol levels and the risk of heart disease, placed second in the best overall category, followed by a three-way tie for third among the Mediterranean Diet, Weight Watchers, and the Mayo Clinic Diet.
DASH Diet earns top spot
WASHINGTON - Advances in dietary therapy for nonlesional epilepsy have made it a more feasible approach for many patients because of options that now include a "smarter and gentler" ketogenic diet and a modified Atkins diet, Dr.
Dietary treatments for epilepsy now safer and easier
While 44% of slimmers say they previously saw fast weight loss as a priority when choosing a diet, only 7% still feel that way in 2014, according to the survey by Slimming World.
Faddy diets go out of fashion
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