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embolism

Fitness; Weight loss

The obstruction of a blood vessel by a foreign substance or a blood clot blocking the vessel. Something travels through the bloodstream, lodges in a vessel and plugs it.

For the purposes of this weight loss glossary, the amount of energy, measured in calories, that a person uses. Calories are used by people to breath, circulate blood, digest food, and be physically ...

diarrhea

Fitness; Weight loss

A familiar phenomenon with unusually frequent or unusually liquid bowel movements, excessive watery evacuations of fecal material. The opposite of constipation. The word "diarrhea" with its odd ...

diet

Fitness; Weight loss

What a person eats and drinks. For the purposes of this weight loss glossary, any type of eating plan.

dietary cholesterol

Fitness; Weight loss

The cholesterol present in and obtained from animal foods meats, poultry, fish, shellfish, eggs, and dairy products. Plant foods contain no cholesterol.

dietary supplement

Fitness; Weight loss

A product (in pill, liquid, or powder form) that is taken in addition to one's regular diet. The supplement can contain a single substance such as ginkgo biloba, ginseng, or St. John's wort or a ...