Diet may mean: In nutrition: 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, those foods that aid in Dieting, e.g. Diet Coke Other uses: Diet (assembly), formal deliberative assembly Dietsch, distinguishes the southern dialects in the Middle Dutch language ...

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Strange or extreme diets can be very dangerous, and they are often ineffective. If one seeks the sensible and popular ideal of being lean and athletic, then starvation diets are counterproductive. Dieting - Diet pills. There are many diet pills for sale, some which are associated with comprehensive dietary programs. Many such pills, including many of those containing vitamins and ...

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The diet of a domestic Mealy Amazon should be largely fresh fruits and vegetables. A high caliber bird pellet can be a great supplement in a pet parrot's diet to ensure it has the proper vitamins needed. In general, a bird should never be on an all seed diet. If a bird becomes a 'seed addict' it can be difficult to switch them to a healthy diet. Mealy PArrots should be fed 2-3 times a day, keeping a few pellets in their pellet bowl at all times. Mealy Amazon should have fresh water even if they do not always appear to drink it. Chan ...

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Dickinson stated that the Ais "neither sow nor plant any manner of thing whatsoever" (p. 36), but fished and gathered palmetto, cocoplum and seagrape berries. Dickinson described the fishing technique of the neighboring Jaega people of Jobe thus: [T]he Casseekey [of Jobe] ... sent his son with his stiking staff to the inlet to strike fish for us; which was performed with great dexterity; for some of us walked down with him, and though we looked very earnestly when he threw his staff from him could not see a fish at which time he ...

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Being omnivores, grizzlies feed on a variety of plants and berries including roots or sprouts and fungi, as well as fish, insects and small mammals. The larger bears have been known to predate large mammals such as moose, sheep and caribou. Bears with access to a protein-rich diet, such as the coastal bears which feed on salmon, can grow much larger than their herbivorous cousins. In preparation for winter, bears will gain hundreds of kilogrammes of fat before going into a state of false hibernation. There is some debate amongst profe ...

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The porbeagle is an opportunistic feeder, it eats mostly bony fish like mackerel, herring lancetfish and sauries. ...

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Many, but far from all, aphids are monophaguous (i.e. feeding only on 1 species of plant). Similar to related superfamilies they passively feed on sap of phloem vessels in plants. This sap being kept under high pressure, once a phloem vessel is punctured, it is forced into the food canal. Aphids actively 'drink' (suck) from xylem vessels when thirsty. Some species of ants "farm" aphids, supplying them with leaves to eat, and eating the honeydew that the aphids secrete. Many aphids are host to an endosymbiont bacteria, Buchnera, which synthesizes the essential amino acids that are absent in t ...

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Being omnivores, grizzlies feed on a variety of plants and berries including roots or sprouts and fungi, as well as fish, insects and small mammals. The larger bears have been known to prey on large mammals such as moose, sheep and caribou. Bears with access to a protein-rich diet, such as the coastal bears which feed on salmon, can grow much larger than their herbivorous cousins. In preparation for winter, bears will gain hundreds of kilograms of fat before going into a state of false hibernation. There is some debate amongst profess ...

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African Elephants are vegetarian animals. The diet of a savanna elephant varies according to its habitat; elephants living in forests, partial deserts, and meadows all eat different proportions of herbs and tree or shubbery leaves. In order to break down the plants they consume, savanna elephants have four large molars, two in each mandible of the jaw. Each of these molars is 10 cm wide and 30 cm long. Over time, these molars are worn away and new ones are grown to replace them as the elephant ages. Around the age of 15 their milk teeth are ...

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African Elephants are herbivorous. The diet of a savanna elephant varies according to its habitat; elephants living in forests, partial deserts, and grasslands all eat different proportions of herbs and tree or shubbery leaves. In order to break down the plants they consume, savanna elephants have four large molars, two in each mandible of the jaw. Each of these molars is 10 cm wide and 30 cm long. Over time, these molars are worn away and new ones are grown to replace them as the elephant ages. Around the age of 15 their milk teeth are repl ...

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Tibetan Foxes feed on rodents, ground birds, and lagomorphs. A 1998 dropping analysis of 113 fox droppings to determine the Tibetan Fox diet showed a content of 95 percent black-lipped pika (Ochotona curzoniae) and 2.7 percent Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii), most likely scavenged. The remainder consisted of insects, bird feathers, and plants, including Ephedra berries. A previous study in 1986 showed Tibetan woolly hare (Lepus oiostolus) and a lizard of the Phrynocephalus genus, while a separate st ...

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Diet Coke is a sugar-free counterpart brand for Coca-Cola. In some countries the Diet Coke product is labeled Coca-Cola Light and is actually a different formulation. The product was introduced in the United States in July 1982, and was the first new brand since 1886 to use the Coca-Cola trademark. The product quickly overtook Tab, Coca-Cola's saccharin-sweetened product, in sales. Initially sweetened with saccharin, Diet Coke was sweetened with aspartame as soon as it became available in the U.S., in 1983; however, to s ...

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The Cabbage soup diet is a fad diet that is built around heavy consumption of an extremely low-calorie cabbage soup. Its origins are unknown. The intent is to lose 10 pounds (4.5 kg) of weight in a week, though nutritional experts who have examined the diet say that it is impossible to lose that much fat within a week (most of the weight lost is water) and that the recipe for the soup as often given has an extremely high sodium content and very little protein. A v ...

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Macrobiotics (from the Greek "macro" (large, long) + "bio" (life)) is a lifestyle that incorporates a dietary regime. The word was first coined by Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland of Germany with his book, "Makrobiotik, oder die Kunst das menschliche Leben zu verlängern" ("Macrobiotics, or the Art of Extending Human Life"), in 1796. Macrobiotic diet - History. Japanese philosophers and physicians inspired the Japanese philosopher Georges Ohsawa (1893-1966) to finally formalize this methodology. Amo ...

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Many 'fad' diets become widely popular for a short period of time, often due to their endorsement from celebrities who claim to have subscribed to them. Although some fade from popularity due to being ineffective, or dangerous, some merely lose the public's interest. Judging their nutritional merit can be especially difficult given that most diet proponents locate medical professionals to back up their work. Examples of such fads include the grapefruit diet, low-fat diets, and Atkins. There are many ...

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Diets affect the energy in component of the energy balance by limiting or altering the distribution of foods. Techniques that affect the appetite can limit energy intake by affecting the desire to overeat. This can be attempted by focusing on foods that are filling, through the use of certain appetite-suppressing drugs, or through activities such as mild exercise, that affect appetite. Other techniques address habitual or emotional eating. Weight loss groups and popular "diet gurus" seek to help people deal with the psychologic ...

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Most typically, "dieting" means eating in a carefully planned way in an attempt to reduce excess body fat and decrease bodily measurements, such as defined by clothing size. There exist a (sometimes confusing) multitude of weight loss techniques, many of which are ineffective. What works for one person will not necessarily work for another, due to metabolic differences and lifestyle factors. ...

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Paleolithic diet - History of the human diet. Contributions are needed for this section Paleolithic diet - History of this theory. Contributions are needed for this section ...

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The Very Low Calorie Diet, or VLCD, is a special diet to be undertaken with medical supervision. It offers rapid fat loss but can be dangerous. It consists of the consumption of a special powder mixed in with 200-300 ml of water to be taken three times a day. The drink, similar to a milkshake, provides 1914 kJ (456 Cal) of energy per day when consumed at breakfast, lunch and dinner. It contains all necessary vitamins and minerals, although there is a risk of overdosing on selenium if a person consumes more than they should (more than three t ...

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