I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a balanced diet (= one that is healthy because it contains the right foods in the right amounts )
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the importance of a balanced diet
a diet drink/a low-calorie drink (= containing less sugar than ordinary ones )
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People are buying more and more diet drinks.
a strict diet
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He went on a strict diet and lost a lot of weight.
crash diet
diet pills (= pills that are said to help you become thinner )
elimination diet
healthy diet
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a healthy diet
yo-yo dieting
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Yo-yo dieting is really bad for you.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
balanced
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Making sure of a balanced diet means, essentially, eating a selection of different foods, with no one type predominating.
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So, how do you make this change and ensure a balanced diet ?
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Eat a balanced and nutritious diet .
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It is sensible to give the carp a balanced diet for we want the carp to do well on our baits.
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Doctors and other experts also recognise how important a balanced diet is for a child's normal development.
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The preparation of food can limit a balanced diet .
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And very few people eat a healthy, balanced diet .
daily
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Like vitamins, they can not be manufactured by the body, so they must be provided in our daily diet .
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Your daily diet should be no more than 30 percent fat.
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Here are some goodies you can work into your daily diet .
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Why is the potato so important in our daily diet ? 2.
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In order to ensure that enough glycogen is present for training, carbohydrates should make up approximately half of your daily diet .
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If you are unsure about the adequacy of your daily diet , look at the list of symptoms below.
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Lack of complex carbohydrates in the daily diet is very often the cause of sportspeople feeling under par.
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The daily diet in 1990 for executives of all Westernized economies is rich with the language of intense change.
elemental
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Six prospective randomised trials have evaluated the efficacy of elemental diets in Crohn's disease.
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In four of them, the elemental diet was as effective as steroid treatment in achieving short term remission.
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During the early phase of reintroductions patients continued with elemental diet as a nutritional supplement.
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Earlier relapse after elemental diet treatment has also been noted in paediatric patients.
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The subsequent relapse rate after elemental diet induced remission, however, is greater than after treatment with prednisolone.
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In another trial this type of diet was as effective as an elemental diet in inducing remission in active Crohn's disease.
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In three of them, this diet was as effective as an elemental diet in achieving remission.
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Our results show that relatively well nourished patients respond equally well to elemental diet as those with a poor nutritional state.
fat
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All have varying fat contents, so check before buying if you are following a low fat diet .
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You may live longer if you eat a super-low-#fat diet .
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If there is a lot of fat in our diet we have a high cholesterol level.
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Avoid fat in diet . 3.
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It is, in fact, the amount and type of fat in the diet that is the key issue.
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In many instances nutrition is the solution and eliminating animal fat from the diet restores the gall bladder to balance.
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It is the fat in your diet that makes you fat.
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Less fat in his diet , juice, a lot of fresh fruit.
free
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The mode of presentation, laboratory findings, and compliance and response to a gluten free diet were assessed.
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A gluten-#free diet could be tried by anyone with chronic bowel problems.
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The development of the gluten free diet was based on these discoveries.
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Compliance and response to a gluten free diet were assessed at each visit by careful questioning.
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How do we know that Dicke was convinced of the beneficial effect of wheat free diet even before 1940?
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Fifteen of the untreated patients were re-evaluated after six and 12 months of gluten free diet .
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In this study the antigliadin antibody-IgG test was often abnormal on gluten free diet and showed almost no correlation with the microchallenge.
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Meat-#free diets based on these plant oils can still be high in saturated fats.
good
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This means that the one person who needs the best diet is actually getting the worst.
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There are only good and bad diets .
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Apparently a good diet is the important factor is getting them to spawn.
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An animal with a good diet will be larger than its twin on starvation rations.
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A good diet helps the digestive processes.
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Live food is the best diet for them although fresh or frozen meaty foods of small particle size can be substituted.
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Class-A antelopes are small and good at selecting plant parts to comprise a good diet .
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A good , nourishing diet with plenty to drink will guard against pressure sores.
healthy
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Of these, the most important to a healthy diet are starches and fibre.
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Feed on a healthy diet of positive, encouraging, hopeful thoughts.
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So could better information about a healthy diet .
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In fact, for some people, caffeine may actually make it harder to eat a balanced, healthy diet .
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A healthy well-balanced diet containing proper nutrition can be used to help cope with stress.
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We had vitamin tablets-we even had doctors telling us that eating a healthy diet made more sense than gulping pills.
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We had tried to combine exercise with a healthy diet .
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The future provision of a healthy diet will be based upon a full and detailed understanding of these motives.
high
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The proliferative zone, however, was expanded in the distal colon of the higher fibre diet fed rats.
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The scientists monitor the volunteers closely for changes during the low and high magnesium diets .
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Two further patients could not tolerate the high fibre diet and the remaining three defaulted for no apparent reason.
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Daily assessment of the oral mucosa. High protein diet and nutritional drinks.
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At postmortem, the low fibre diet rats had more abnormalities and tumours of body tissue than the higher fibre diet rats.
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He had a high fibre diet and plenty of exercise.
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After a week or so of this high fibre diet , your constipation should ease and your normal bowel habits return.
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Hardly a high protein diet in the terms we have come to relate to.
liquid
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The regimen consisted of a liquid diet for 36 hours, followed by an absolute fast for a further 12 hours.
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Instead, they survive on a liquid diet that costs a staggering $ 10, 000 a month.
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A Sister was carefully feeding him a liquid diet .
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The protein-sparing modified fast was popularized in the form of liquid protein diets .
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Soon, liquid formula diets were available in drugstores throughout the United States.
low
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All have varying fat contents, so check before buying if you are following a low fat diet .
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Some books and magazine articles recommend a low carbohydrate diet while others stress the importance of a diet low in fat.
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Supplementary dietary phosphate decreased the fatty acid concentration only on the low calcium diet .
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A low protein diet is also effective, but compliance with such a regimen may be a problem.
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She lost three stone on the low fat diet and reduced from a size 16 to a size 8!
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A colleague, Sarah, recently graduated, decided to go on a very low calorie diet .
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At postmortem, the low fibre diet rats had more abnormalities and tumours of body tissue than the higher fibre diet rats.
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Stephanie followed the Hip and Thigh low fat diet and very soon the pounds began disappearing.
normal
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But they must find Shetland pretty inhospitable, with no trees to support the grubs which is their normal diet .
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When it works right, seizures rarely return, even after normal diet is resumed.
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Four years later she is symptom free and on a normal diet .
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Vitamin E is available from so many food sources that no normal diet could possibly be deficient in it.
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Fasting was maintained for a further 2 hours, after which a normal diet was permitted.
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When all have been tested, those that produced no symptoms in the baby can become part of your normal diet again.
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If this happens, continue with your normal diet , but be careful not to eat too much of any one food.
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Moving progressively towards a thick mashed potato consistency is well on the way to a normal diet .
poor
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Factors such as stress and a poor diet can affect these hormone levels, worsening the symptoms.
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He said that three factors had caused my arteries to be blocked: heredity, poor diet , and lack of exercise.
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Eating and drinking: under-eating, over-eating, poor diet in general for whatever reason - choice, ignorance, poverty. 2.
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Or should they be blamed on inadequate medical care, poor diet or other environmental factors?
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They have a poor diet and look bad, and gradually care less and less about themselves and how others see them.
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So a poor diet can eventually have an effect on your hair condition.
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A poor diet , with low nutrient snacks can lead to nutritional deficiencies.
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All four are still suffering ill-health due to torture, poor diet and insanitary prison conditions.
special
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It is even possible to dissolve certain types of crystal if the foods used are special diets , carefully chosen by vets.
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Many offer meals for special diets .
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You have a right to a special diet for religious as well as medical purposes.
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Vegetarians and special diets are catered for.
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Check that any resident on a special diet has been given the right food.
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Vegetarian dishes and other special diets are no problem for Judy and snacks and light lunches will be provided on request.
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Points to note None of the full-board Halls of Residence caters for special diets of any type.
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Your genial hosts will recommend several excellent local restaurants. Special diets are catered for with advance notice.
strict
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The centre used to recommend a strict vegetarian diet but now uses a more flexible approach.
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But Clinton showed that hundreds of federal programs will be on a strict diet during the struggle to eliminate the federal deficit.
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If you are on a strict diet , leave the salmon, mackerel, kippers and herring for the moment.
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He went on a strict vegetarian diet with heavy vitamin and mineral supplements.
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Gooch has led the way with monumental batting efforts and a strict diet of training and practice that leaves younger men breathless.
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Even a trip to the supermarket would be difficult unless you're on a strict diet .
varied
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Feed a varied diet which includes plenty of earthworms, prawns, mussels, fish and heart.
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Once again you can appreciate how important it is to have a mixed and varied diet .
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Mollies grow well on a varied diet .
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They are well fed, on a varied diet .
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While this is taking place they should be given plenty of nourishing food and a varied diet .
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Clean drinking water is supplied and this is as important as a varied diet to encourage birds to the garden.
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A varied diet of earthworms, aquatic insects, shrimps, small fish and tablet foods will keep it in good health.
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A good varied diet and suitable water conditions are essential to make the best of this beautiful fish.
vegetarian
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The centre used to recommend a strict vegetarian diet but now uses a more flexible approach.
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Our food security makes eating a vegetarian diet simple, because your body automatically mixes and matches for you.
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Indeed, many top athletes and even body-builders subsist on a vegetarian diet .
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He went on a strict vegetarian diet with heavy vitamin and mineral supplements.
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There is choice of desserts which may include home-made ice-cream, strudel or cheesecake. Vegetarian diets are catered for.
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So she started her low-fat vegetarian diet after the birth of daughter Sarah.
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Low fat and vegetarian diets and packed lunches can be provided if adequate notice is given.
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Crusty Bill boasts he's on a spicy vegetarian diet to keep his strength up for love.
■ NOUN
crash
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One needed to go on a crash diet , the other was in the middle of a nervous breakdown.
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A crash diet will leave you hungry, you will binge and you will not get anywhere.
elimination
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If these measures are unsuccessful, then it may be worth carrying out an elimination diet , as described in Chapter Fourteen.
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This will give you plenty of vitamins and minerals, to build you up for the elimination diet .
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In the case of eczema, it may be better to start with a simplified form of the elimination diet .
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Reintroduction of food after elemental regimens must nevertheless be undertaken with the greatest of care irrespective of whether or not elimination diets are used.
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As she progressed through elimination diet both wheat and corn caused diarrhoea on first reintroduction but not later.
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So she was asked to undertake an elimination diet , which cleared these symptoms within a week.
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As always, in an elimination diet , it is important not to eat too much of any one food.
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Yet a high proportion of these patients respond to an elimination diet .
fibre
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The proliferative zone, however, was expanded in the distal colon of the higher fibre diet fed rats.
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Two further patients could not tolerate the high fibre diet and the remaining three defaulted for no apparent reason.
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At postmortem, the low fibre diet rats had more abnormalities and tumours of body tissue than the higher fibre diet rats.
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He had a high fibre diet and plenty of exercise.
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After a week or so of this high fibre diet , your constipation should ease and your normal bowel habits return.
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Three rats in the low fibre diet group suffered from middle ear infections and were removed from the study.
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Conversely, a low fibre diet did not lead to changes in cellular proliferation which might be associated with mucosal instability.
group
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There was no significant difference in percentage of cells in S phase in the distal colon of rats in both diet groups .
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But in weight-loss support groups around the country, Weight Watchers and the other diet groups made it seem that way.
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Similar changes did not occur in the elemental diet group .
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Three rats in the low fibre diet group suffered from middle ear infections and were removed from the study.
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As both were in the diet group , they continued in the study and subsequently had normal babies.
pill
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Time to write a poem, go for a swim, take diet pills .
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Why is it being treated differently than diet pills ?
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It was the last time she was going to take diet pills before a race, that was for sure.
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For many years, most respectable doctors shunned the use of diet pills .
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So far, clients at these programs seem pleased to be able to get prescriptions for diet pills at their local mall.
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Pamela Bradley had taken about six times the recommended dose of diet pills containing the herb ephedra.
staple
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Attacks on the immorality and decadence of aristocratic culture were the staple diet of purity tracts and speeches.
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The staple diet for most of the coral fishes should be a good dry food.
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It is hard and lacks nutrients and yet is the panda's staple diet .
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Worms are a staple diet and these have been in short supply due to the summer drought.
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They could catch and eat more of their staple diet - worms and insects - surviving in accordance with the laws of natural selection.
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In living-rooms throughout the country, violence, gratuitous and graphic, is often the staple diet of the video generation.
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Reindeer moss, the staple diet of the deer herds, was also said to have disappeared completely.
starvation
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Rats placed on to a semi-#starvation diet live longer than those given food ad libitum.
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Nevertheless, doctors continued to support the use of starvation diets .
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Some draftees embark on starvation diets so that they weigh below the acceptable level at the medical.
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Now the starvation diet is beginning to slow me dawn.
■ VERB
balance
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Bob's idea of a balanced diet left something to be desired.
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The women featured in the article are reducing their risk of chronic disease by exercising and by eating a balanced diet .
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A balanced read-aloud diet gives our children an appreciation for the sounds and shapes and purposes of many different kinds of texts.
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In fact, for some people, caffeine may actually make it harder to eat a balanced , healthy diet .
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The first slide showed a normal-size mouse eating a balanced diet of lab food pellets.
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A balanced diet and daily physical exercise are the keys to a healthy lifestyle.
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Fried bologna for Dooley with double mustard, and no sermons about a balanced diet , please.
change
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Many have quit smoking and changed their diets .
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Yet it's easy to cut down on fat without changing your diet completely or giving up all your favourite foods.
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They change diet with the season, eating rodents, berries, and insects. 5.
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As they begin to grow, change their diet to brine shrimp, Daphnia, or bloodworm.
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He kept his disease at bay, changed his diet and actually got bigger and stronger.
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Many canteens in the Wedgwood Group are taking steps to help employees change their diets for the better.
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Prices had gone up, rice was expensive and Fong had changed his diet .
eat
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This was not the case in our patients, however, as they were eating a standard western diet .
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We end up overcompensating for our desires, eating more of the diet food than we should, looking for satisfaction.
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Many ailments which are blamed on old age could be avoided if everyone ate a healthy diet .
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People who lose weight and keep it off eat a low-fat diet with an occasional splurge.
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They should also be encouraged to take plenty of exercise and eat a good healthy diet .
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The women featured in the article are reducing their risk of chronic disease by exercising and by eating a balanced diet .
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Ulene tries to practice what he preaches, jogging and eating a low-fat diet .
feed
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A Sister was carefully feeding him a liquid diet .
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I feed it on a diet of earthworms, cooked chicken, prawns and slices of raw cod.
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Nor did any allergic reactions arise in those who ate the meat of animals who had been fed a gene-spliced soybean diet .
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Feeding Golden Orfe will feed on the same diet as goldfish.
follow
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All have varying fat contents, so check before buying if you are following a low fat diet .
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Blood cholesterol levels were measured in all participants, who were encouraged to follow a standardized diet .
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What better motivation to follow a low-fat diet ? 7.
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Although they followed the diet as well as younger men, they lost only two-thirds as much weight.
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It is far better just to follow the diet plan in this book, which is calculated to fall within these brackets.
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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 dual aim of most dieters is to become slimmer and fitter by following a diet .
live
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No one can live on a diet of culture that is completely alien.
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Without the operation, Laura, who had lived on a diet of liquid protein, would not have survived much longer.
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The opposition can no longer live on a diet of anti-Thatcherism.
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We were already beginning to try and live by the diet .
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As it lives on a diet of poll findings, it can not perform better than they do.
provide
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First, we need a long, warm, unbroken growing season to provide a plentiful diet of lush herbage.
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Like vitamins, they can not be manufactured by the body, so they must be provided in our daily diet .
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They all can provide fuel in the diet and are therefore sources of energy.
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Algae should be provided to supplement the diet of Tangs and Angelfish.
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In practice, that opportunity will be provided by the resit diet in subjects which currently have such a facility.
start
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So she started her low-fat vegetarian diet after the birth of daughter Sarah.
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At least fifteen of these deaths occurred in women aged twenty-five to fifty, who were healthy when they started the diet .
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Amber started describing the diet restrictions: no salt, coffee, caffeinated tea, or alcohol.
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I started my diet by eating fruit and low-fat yoghurt for breakfast.
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If you start a diet or an exercise routine, such actions are statements about the way you view yourself.
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I started buying exercise and diet books.
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So if there is any doubt, it is probably best to start with the elimination diet procedure described in Chapter Fourteen.
supplement
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He was still supplementing his diet with various pills from his health shop.
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More aggressive than their cousins, Caspians may supplement their fish diet with other birds' eggs and nestlings.
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Algae should be provided to supplement the diet of Tangs and Angelfish.
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A.. Results are available from four large trials examining the health effects of supplementing the diet with beta-carotene.
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The police post is very remote and they often supplement their diet of maize and beans with game meat.
try
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Gerald was asked to try a diet containing no sugar or white flour and was given an anti-fungal drug, nystatin.
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The first time she tried the low-calorie diet program, she felt constantly hungry.
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No doubt you are among the many who have tried every diet around only to find that they just didn't work.
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The results of his treatment were so good she decided to try a similar diet .
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He tried out an elimination diet , and got a reasonably good response.
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Always try a change of diet before giving laxatives, which should always be prescribed by a doctor or nurse.
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For a child who is very disruptive, however, there is little to lose by trying a diet .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
staple diet
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Attacks on the immorality and decadence of aristocratic culture were the staple diet of purity tracts and speeches.
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In living-rooms throughout the country, violence, gratuitous and graphic, is often the staple diet of the video generation.
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It is hard and lacks nutrients and yet is the panda's staple diet.
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Reindeer moss, the staple diet of the deer herds, was also said to have disappeared completely.
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The staple diet for most of the coral fishes should be a good dry food.
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They could catch and eat more of their staple diet - worms and insects - surviving in accordance with the laws of natural selection.
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Worms are a staple diet and these have been in short supply due to the summer drought.
starvation diet
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Nevertheless, doctors continued to support the use of starvation diets.
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Now the starvation diet is beginning to slow me dawn.
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Some draftees embark on starvation diets so that they weigh below the acceptable level at the medical.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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150,000 Californians die each year from diseases related to a poor diet .
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a low-fat diet rich in fruits and vegetables
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a vegetarian diet
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For 27 years in the jungles of Guam, Yokoi survived on a diet of shrimp, coconuts, snails, frogs and rats.
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I've tried all the diets and they never work.
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People in the coastal region live on a staple diet of rice and fish.
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Since his heart attack, Brice has been on a salt-free diet .
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The doctor told him to reduce the amount of fat in his diet .
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The doctor told Tom to quit smoking and go on a diet .
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The Italians have a good healthy diet and lifestyle.
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The secret to a longer life is a balanced diet and regular exercise.
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This new diet involves eating very small amounts throughout the day.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bob's idea of a balanced diet left something to be desired.
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Doctors and other experts also recognise how important a balanced diet is for a child's normal development.
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Finally, she gave up diets entirely.
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LaLanne had added a new dimension to the diet gurus' puritanical quest for spiritual salvation through the body: exercise.
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Should I go on a diet ?
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So many diets appear to have no connection with calories.
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There is a natural wastage of at least five percent on any diet .
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Was Handy Man beginning to include meat in his diet ?
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
people
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Some people give up dieting completely.
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Still, in their journal articles, these researchers are cautious about telling people to give up dieting .
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All of these programs teach people to stop dieting and eating compulsively, but there are differences among the methods.
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They pointed to evidence which shows that people who diet may be at increased risk for binge eating and eating disorders.
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A Healthier Prescription Not all physicians who treat fat people encourage them to diet , take pills, or have surgery.
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Brownell and Rodin urged that, given the high numbers of people dieting , weight cycling should be a research priority.
weight
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For health reasons, I am unable to exercise, so will I be able to lose weight by dieting alone?
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Are you going to invest it in cosmetics or weight training or dieting ?
■ VERB
stop
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Several techniques have been developed to teach demand feeding to adults, to help them stop dieting and learn to eat normally.
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All of these programs teach people to stop dieting and eating compulsively, but there are differences among the methods.
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First, the good news: Waterhouse wants you to stop dieting .
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It is probably premature to urge all patients to stop dieting .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I've been dieting for two months and I've lost 6 kilos.
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Janet dieted for months before her wedding.
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She dieted and went on exercise programs but nothing seemed to work.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Naturally I have never felt the need to diet .
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Perhaps you might even feel like not dieting for one or two days.
III. adjective
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
starvation diet
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Nevertheless, doctors continued to support the use of starvation diets.
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Now the starvation diet is beginning to slow me dawn.
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Some draftees embark on starvation diets so that they weigh below the acceptable level at the medical.