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Diet
Food choices by individuals based on fitness, health, cultural, philosophical or religious considerations.
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macrobiotic
Fitness; Diet
This is a diet that originates from Eastern philosophies. Encouraging food choices to match the seasons of the year, it is mostly vegetarian, but also includes sea foods. (See Vegetarian
metabolism
Fitness; Diet
This is the collective name for all the life maintaining biochemical processes that take place within our bodies concerned with the breaking down of food, and the subsequent release and utilization ...
monounsaturated fat
Fitness; Diet
In biochemistry and nutrition, monounsaturated fats or MUFA (MonoUnsaturated Fatty Acid) are fatty acids that have one double bond in the fatty acid chain and all of the remainder of the carbon atoms ...
morbid obesity
Fitness; Diet
Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health ...
mormon tea
Fitness; Diet
Known also as Desert Tea, this contains a stimulant called ephedrine which increases the body’s metabolic rate for the increased `burning’ of calories. (See Calories and Metabolism).
ovo-vegetarian
Fitness; Diet
This is a vegetarian (plant-based) diet that also includes eggs, for the prevention of amino acid deficiency. (See Amino Acids).
