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high calorie diet — excessive calorie intake … English contemporary dictionary
high calorie diet — a diet that furnishes more calories than needed for the maintenance of weight, often more than 3500–4000 calories per day. Called also hypercaloric d … Medical dictionary
Calorie restriction — Calorie restriction, or caloric restriction (CR), aims to improve health and slow the aging process by limiting dietary energy intake. Calorie restriction is a common measure, found in several dietary regimens, including the Okinawa diet [The… … Wikipedia
calorie — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ excess, extra ▪ empty ▪ Alcohol has a lot of empty calories. ▪ daily ▪ total … Collocations dictionary
calorie — cal|o|rie [ˈkæləri] n [Date: 1800 1900; : French; Origin: Latin calor heat ] 1.) a unit for measuring the amount of ↑energy that food will produce ▪ An average potato has about 90 calories. ▪ a calorie controlled diet low calorie/high calorie ▪ … Dictionary of contemporary English
High-fructose corn syrup — (HFCS) is any of a group of corn syrups that has undergone enzymatic processing to increase its fructose content, and is then mixed with pure corn syrup (100% glucose), becoming a high fructose corn syrup; the types are: HFCS 90 (mostly for… … Wikipedia
-calorie — [[t] kæ̱ləri[/t]] COMB in ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n calorie is used after adjectives such as low or high to indicate that food contains a small or a large number of calories. ...low calorie margarine. ...reduced calorie mayonnaise … English dictionary
calorie counter — Synonyms and related words: acid ash diet, allergy diet, bland diet, calorie chart, diabetic diet, diet, diet book, dietary, dietetics, dieting, high protein diet, high vitamin diet, low carbohydrate diet, low salt diet, macrobiotic diet, pap,… … Moby Thesaurus
High protein diet — A high protein diet is often recommended by bodybuilders and nutritionists to help efforts to build muscle and lose fat. It should not be confused with low carb diets such as the Atkins Diet, which are not calorie controlled and which often… … Wikipedia
calorie low diet — eating habits which do not include fattening foods or food high in energy … English contemporary dictionary
