Thursday, July 15, 2021

Let's look at the word 'Diet'


Definition

(taken from Merriam-Webster Dictionary)


As a noun, it refers to:
  • food and drink regularly provided or consumed.
  • habitual nourishment.
  • the kind and amount of food prescribed for a person or animal for a special reason.
  • a regimen of eating and drinking sparingly so as to reduce one's weight.
As a verb it means:
  • to cause to take food: Feed
  • to cause to eat and drink sparingly or according to prescribed rules.
As an adjective, it is to:
  • reduced in or free from calories.
  • promote weight loss

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