noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
food/alcohol/calorie etc intake
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Sickness may develop from inadequate fluid intake.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
daily
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These recommendations will guide you to your own ideal daily calorie limits for successful weight loss.
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Initial management consists of reducing total calories and limiting carbohydrates to 40 percent of daily calories.
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To account for the Fibre-Filler, subtract 200 from your daily calorie total and add 15g to your daily fibre total.
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Aerobic activity does not increase total daily calorie expenditure.
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This does not mean, though, that it is the ideal daily calorie quota for every F-Plan dieter.
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But strength training increases activity all day long, increasing total daily calories used.
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In the next chapter you will find guidance on your own ideal daily calorie ration.
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She shrank so quickly because she cut her daily calorie intake from more than 5,000 to 2,000.
extra
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We're not going to forbid it, but remember that the extra calories are going to slow down your weight loss.
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Just 200 extra calories each day add up to one-half pound of extra body fat each week.
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And so it deposits the extra calories it does not need as fat.
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Exercise also helps maintain muscle mass and burn extra calories so you get to enjoy more food without getting fat.
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This would help to account for some of the extra calories expelled in the faeces of those consuming fibre-rich foods.
fat
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Added to this is the recent discovery of the effect on the body of fat calories compared with carbohydrate calories.
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Check for fat grams, calories , recycled materials.
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Research has proved that we can eat more carbohydrate calories than fat calories and still lose weight!
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Beyond fat and calories , consider a few other nutrition issues as you choose lunch and dinner.
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In other words a fat calorie was exactly the same as a carbohydrate or a protein calorie.
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Marchello said ostrich meat tastes like beef, is comparable in protein, but lower in fat , calories and cholesterol.
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Since then, scientists have proved that fat calories are much more fattening than carbohydrate calories.
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This is because the body uses carbohydrate calories in a different way from fat calories.
high
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Most are mayonnaise-based and quite high in calories .
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To offset the perception that dairy foods are high in calories , low-fat cheeses have become state-of-the-art.
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Puddings, sweets and chocolate are very high in calories and, of course, sugar.
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School nutrition program-information on the preschool lunch is provided; the meal described appears to be high in calories 11.
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Most cheeses are crammed with fat and horribly high in calories .
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All high-calorie foods are fatty, and all high calorie meals are fatty.
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Fats are very high in calories and so eating too many fat-rich foods could cause weight gain.
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Fibre Alcohol is also very high in calories and can contribute a great deal to a person's weight.
low
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Its appeal is its ease of spreading and lower calorie content volume for volume.
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Though prawns are low in calories , they are then smothered in a dressing loaded with them.
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But how good are these low-calorie options?
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And multinationals must conform to national laws and regulations on additives, flavourings, colourings and artificial low-calorie sweeteners.
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In a peculiar twist, large numbers of Western women mimicked Eastern women in low calorie intake.
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Light bread means low-calorie brands such as Nimble or St Michael's Lite bread.
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The dishes are low in calories and fat.
total
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Initial management consists of reducing total calories and limiting carbohydrates to 40 percent of daily calories.
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Aerobic activity does not increase total daily calorie expenditure.
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Older adults rest more during the day, so they spend the same total calories .
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But strength training increases activity all day long, increasing total daily calories used.
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Limit saturated fat to 7 percent-10 percent of total calories daily.
■ NOUN
content
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These days most major manufacturers of non-alcoholic beverages produce special drinks of negligible calorie content for the weight-conscious.
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Imitation margarines with half the fat content required by the definition have half the calorie content of regular margarines.
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This is simply because the calorie content of these foods is so amazingly high.
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Tests indicate that the increased calorie content of the faeces amounts to nearly ten percent when people follow high-fibre diets.
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The calorie content of this diet is around 1400 calories a day for women.
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Another difference between the effects of a morning and evening meal of equal size and calorie content has been found.
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I never detail calorie content in my diets because it isn't necessary.
count
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We turned to the freezer case to look for the desserts that wouldn't kill our calorie count .
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The calorie counts are given after each item, and all the portions are average size unless exact measurements are stated.
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The calorie count - 452 in every 100 grams - stays the same too.
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Again, the calorie counts are given against each item and at the end of each meal.
diet
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A colleague, Sarah, recently graduated, decided to go on a very low calorie diet .
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For example, imagine the situation where you have been on a strict, very low calorie diet for a month or so.
intake
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Most people try to do this by restricting their calorie intake , usually by cutting it in half.
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In a peculiar twist, large numbers of Western women mimicked Eastern women in low calorie intake .
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Many are highly adept at adding up their calorie intake .
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So this should help you in keeping the calorie intake low.
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The serum concentration of IGF-I and growth velocity both improved with increased calorie intake .
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So by rationing these foods you cut calorie intake .
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Poor souls, all they were doing was cutting calorie intake - the hard way.
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You're effectively cheating your body by reducing your calorie intake and your body sends out different responses because it's confused.
mayonnaise
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Hellmann's have introduced five new salad dressings to tickle our tastebuds which compare favourably calorie-wise with lower calorie mayonnaise .
■ VERB
add
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This should add between 70-125 calories .
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For most people, the sugary snacks simply add calories , while making you want to eat more.
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It is quite insane to imagine that you are going to sit in a restaurant adding up calories and grams of fibre.
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Many are highly adept at adding up their calorie intake.
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The second factor is less obviously helpful at first glance but what it adds up to is calorie saving!
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If you are dieting on 850 calories a day, choose meals adding up to 450 calories a day.
burn
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In these circumstances, it should be roughly assumed that you would be burning up around 2,000 calories a day.
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Exercise also helps maintain muscle mass and burn extra calories so you get to enjoy more food without getting fat.
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This gives your body more time to burn up the calories .
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If you burn fewer calories , you have to eat less.
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By midlife our bodies become less efficient at burning up calories .
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Women - rather unfairly I feel - tend to burn up calories less efficiently than men.
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Build in more hill work as it burns twice as many calories .
consume
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People consumed fewer calories without even trying to do so.
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We consume these calories in the form of food and use them up in maintaining the body's functions and movements.
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If you are losing weight, then you are not consuming sufficient calories daily.
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We should always consume sufficient calories to keep the metabolism buoyant.
contain
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With still more additional dietary fibre, 32g a day, the stools were found to contain 210 calories on average.
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Its main advantage is that it contains fewer calories than margarIne.
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Each protein and carbohydrate gram you eat contains 4 calories .
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And depending on the organization presenting the news, the meal may contain plenty of empty calories .
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Carbohydrates contain 3.75 calories per gram whereas fat contains about nine calories.
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A 5. 5-ounce baked potato without toppings contains about 120 calories and no fat.
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The average bagel contains 190 calories , no cholesterol and only one gram of fat.
cut
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So by rationing these foods you cut calorie intake.
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Heloise has figured out little ways to cut back on calories , she says.
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She shrank so quickly because she cut her daily calorie intake from more than 5,000 to 2,000.
eat
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Research has proved that we can eat more carbohydrate calories than fat calories and still lose weight!
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Feeling satisfied, they stopped eating after fewer calories .
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Each protein and carbohydrate gram you eat contains 4 calories .
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As with fat-free products and artificial sweeteners, people will probably compensate for olestra by eating more calories elsewhere in their diets.
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To lose weight really effectively, you need to eat fewer calories than you expend each day and increase your activity level.
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She realised that previously she must have been eating many more calories than she'd thought.
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There is no danger of it slowing down if we eat around 1500 calories a day.
increase
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In simple terms, by being more active you can increase the amount of calories you use.
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Aerobic activity does not increase total daily calorie expenditure.
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If you need to increase the number of calories , carbohydrate is the best choice.
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But strength training increases activity all day long, increasing total daily calories used.
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But once you start adding a high-fat cereal or chocolate, you are increasing the calories without appreciably increasing the nutritional value.
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To increase calories , double up, but be careful.
provide
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Half a pint of skimmed milk provides just 100 calories , while other kinds of milk can provide twice this number.
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The latter provides maximum calorie burning and conditions the body to continue to burn fat hours after completing the workout.
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Don't buy silver-top and skim off the cream yourself, because this doesn't provide an equivalent calorie saving.
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It provides 490 calories , which is doable, even for older women.
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The diet plan provides approximately 1,000 calories a day.
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Protein should provide 30 percent of calories , fat should provide another 30 percent, and carbohydrates should provide 40 percent.
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It has been scientifically estimated that a pound of your own body fat provides approximately 3,500 calories .
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A diet rich in fibre tends also to be low in fat content because carbohydrate foods provide many of the calories .
reduce
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You're effectively cheating your body by reducing your calorie intake and your body sends out different responses because it's confused.
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Initial management consists of reducing total calories and limiting carbohydrates to 40 percent of daily calories.
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The F-Plan also reduces your calorie intake in order to allow you to shed weight at sufficient speed.
serve
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The secret to keeping the weight down and energy up is to serve meals that are calorie intensive.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
damn the consequences/expense/calories etc
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At the outset of our friendship it was always Brian who exploded and damn the consequences.
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Spurrier says whatever is on his always-racing mind, even in victory and figures damn the consequences.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Carbohydrates contain 3.75 calories per gram whereas fat contains about nine calories.
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Fat represented 37 % of the calories consumed daily.
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Feeling satisfied, they stopped eating after fewer calories.
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Just 200 extra calories each day add up to one-half pound of extra body fat each week.
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Limit to 7 percent-10 percent of total calories.
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This was based on subtracting the calories consumed in food from the calories required to keep the body going.
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Until recently it had always been assumed that all calories are the same, regardless of where they came from.