Definitions for diets

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diets di·et

Spelling: [dahy-it]

IPA: /ˈdaɪ ɪt/

Diets is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 5 points.

You can make 75 anagrams from letters in diets (deist).

Definitions for diets

noun

1. food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
2. a particular selection of food, especially as designed or prescribed to improve a person's physical condition or to prevent or treat a disease:
3. such a selection or a limitation on the amount a person eats for reducing weight:
4. the foods eaten, as by a particular person or group:
5. food or feed habitually eaten or provided:
6. anything that is habitually provided or partaken of:
7. the legislative body of certain countries, as Japan.
8. the general assembly of the estates of the former Holy Roman Empire.

adjective

1. suitable for consumption with a weight-reduction diet; dietetic:

verb (used with object)

1. to regulate the food of, especially in order to improve the physical condition.
2. to feed.

verb (used without object)

1. to select or limit the food one eats to improve one's physical condition or to lose weight:
2. to eat or feed according to the requirements of a diet.

Origin of diets

1175-1225; (noun) Middle English diete Anglo-French, Old French Latin diaeta Greek díaita way of living, diet, equivalent to dia- dia- + -aita (akin to aîsa share, lot

Examples for diets

“Butter has always been a healthy part of the diet in almost every culture; butter is a traditional food,” Asprey says.

Park employees helped John quit tobacco by way of a butts-proof glass enclosure, a drastic change in diet, and regular exercise.

(b) What food substance do they supply in quantity to the diet?

For these reasons, pickles should not be included in the diet of children.

What characteristics of cereals make them valuable in the diet?

“My diet was designed to prevent carbohydrate cravings,” Watson told The Daily Beast.

Yeonmi had been hospitalized at the time for a stomach illness, likely from her diet of rotten potatoes.

What sort of lover would Romeo have been had he lived on a diet of lentils?

Still other people have moved away from the word “diet” altogether.

Discuss the importance of salads and their value in the diet.