Diet

Diet

Food choices by individuals based on fitness, health, cultural, philosophical or religious considerations.

Contributors in Diet

Diet

There are many of these substance, either based on proteins, carbohydrates, fiber, or different forms of fatty acids, that are used as ingredients in various foods to mimic the applications of fat, ...

Very low calorie diet (VLCD)

Fitness; Diet

These diets involve the consumption (usually to the total exclusion, sometimes to the semi-exclusion of all other foods) of commercially prepared formulaic drinks that provide all necessary ...

Lactose

Fitness; Diet

This is the predominant carbohydrate in milk. It is more often known as milk sugar.

Reasonable goal

Fitness; Diet

A simple target that can be met to encourage further good observance of a dietary plan.

High calorie - low volume

Fitness; Diet

These are foods that do not often satisfy an appetite, so encouraging more to be consumed, even though they are high in calories. Subsequently more of this food is eaten than necessary, leading to ...

Exchange diet / plan

Fitness; Diet

This is a weight loss plan where foods with equal calorific values are divided up into separate groupings. The person on the diet can then interchange foods from within each list at mealtimes to ...

Exchange lists

Fitness; Diet

These are the lists of swappable foodstuffs that have been divided up according to their energy and nutritional qualities for the purpose of an exchange diet. (See Above).