Noun

Singular diet

Plural diets

diet (plural diets)

  1. The food and beverage a person or animal consumes.
    The diet of the Giant Panda consists mainly of bamboo.
  2. (countable) A controlled regimen of food and drink, as to gain or lose weight or otherwise influence health.
  3. By extension, any habitual intake or consumption.
    He's been reading a steady diet of nonfiction for the last several years.
  4. (countable) A council or assembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly.

Derived terms

From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Sun Feb 14 14:15:25 2010

Look up diet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Diet

Diet, in relation to food, might mean:

  • Diet (nutrition), the sum of the food consumed by an organism or group.
  • Dieting, the deliberate selection of food to control body weight or nutrient intake.
  • Diet food, foods that aid in dieting
  • Cuisine, the diet of a particular culture

Diet may also mean:

  • The Imperial Diet: (German: Reichstag) the imperial assembly of the princes of the Holy Roman Empire until 1806
  • The Diet of the Empire: (German: Reichstag) legislative assembly of the German Empire 1871–1917
  • The Federal Diet: (literally for German: Deutscher Bundestag) federal parliament of Germany
  • State Diet: (literally for German: Landtag) state parliament of most of the German federated states
  • Diet of Finland: the legislative assembly of the Grand Duchy of Finland from 1809 to 1906
  • Diet of Japan: Japan's legislature
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.

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Thu Feb 25 00:16:17 2010

What diet tips have really worked for you?
Q. I have tried every diet book out there. So far, the only thing that's worked for me is a raw diet but I never can stick to it for long!
Asked by jewess4jesus - Sun Mar 22 01:32:13 2009 - - 10 Answers - 2 Comments

A. Not much... Atkins is good if you can commit to sticking with it. Also I had some success with Weight Watchers.
Answered by Babykins Baby - Sun Mar 22 01:35:48 2009

What caffeine free diet drinks taste close to the original?
Q. I have to cute cute my caffeine and can't drink the diet Dr Pepper. What are some other caffeines free drinks that taste good. I just tried A&W diet root beer. Its not bad, but I can't do that this whole pregnancy lol. And yes I know I need to drink more milk and water, and I do. I also started drinking vitamin water and Gatorade. I just like to enjoy a soda once a day.
Asked by Umm Ali - Mon Sep 3 11:13:22 2007 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Caffeine free Dr. Pepper and Caffeine free Coke are very close
Answered by Jen - Mon Sep 3 12:49:04 2007

What are the best diet pills that actually work for weight loss?
Q. I would also like to know about diet pills that are healthy, I mean kind to the body but actually work. Has anyone got any tried and tested diet pills that they can recommend? Thks!
Asked by robin - Tue Jun 23 07:35:56 2009 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. If you are really looking to lose weight with diet pills, i suggest doing what this mom did and combining the acai diet with a cleansing program.
Answered by maisha - Tue Jun 23 07:38:08 2009

From Yahoo Answer Search: "diet"
Fri Feb 26 07:12:24 2010

Diet is defined as the usual food and drink of a person or animal. It can also mean a regulated selection of foods, as for medical reasons or cosmetic weight loss.

Sourced

  • Der Mensch ist, was er isst.
  • A man is what he eats.
    • Ludwig Feuerbach (1804-1872), Blätter für literarische Unterhaltung, 12th November 1850.
  • Men are so imprudent that they take up a diet which, though it tastes sweet, is poisonous.
    • Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince

Unsourced

  • Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.
  • Simple diet is best.
  • In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats about twice as much as nature requires.
  • I'm on a whisky diet. I've lost three days already.
    • Tommy Cooper
  • Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow ye diet.
    • Lewis C. Henry
  • ITS "DIE" WITH A "T". THATS WHAT IT IS!!!!
    • Garfeild

External links

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