Food regimen

noun

1. Food and drink regularly provided or consumed

   "a diet of fruits and vegetables"

2. Habitual nourishment

   "links between diet and disease"

3. The kind and amount of food prescribed for a person or animal for a special reason

   "was put on a low-sodium diet"

4. A regimen of eating and drinking sparingly so as to reduce one's weight

   "going on a diet"

5. Something provided or experienced repeatedly

   "Their imaginations feverish from a diet of detective novels …"

verb

1. To cause to take food feed
2. To cause to eat and drink sparingly or according to prescribed rules
3. To eat sparingly or according to prescribed rules

   "has been dieting for two months"

adjective

1. Reduced in or free from calories

   "a diet soft drink"

2. Promoting weight loss (as by depressing appetite)

   "diet pills"

noun

1. A formal deliberative assembly of princes or estates
2. Any of various national or provincial legislatures

noun

1. Paleo diet

   "The Paleo diet, often referred to as the "caveman diet," advocates eating unprocessed foods that our ancestors would have eaten during the Paleolithic era—mainly meat, vegetables, fruits, and nuts."

noun

1. A diet that supplies large amounts of fats, moderate amounts of proteins, and minimal amounts of carbohydrates and that is undertaken for weight loss or to control seizures in treatment-resistant epilepsy

   "A ketogenic diet, says [Robert] Atkins, burns one's fat stores and uses them as a source of fuel."

noun

1. A diet typical of many Mediterranean countries (such as Italy and Spain) that consists mainly of cereals, grains, vegetables, beans, fruits, and nuts along with moderate amounts of fish, cheese, olive oil, and wine and little red meat

   "The Mediterranean diet is a veteran of the diet scene and not quite as trendy or weight-loss-focused as some of its siblings. But it's a perennial favorite of doctors and dietitians, buoyed by studies that suggest it can lower the risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease."

noun

1. A diet approximating that of hunter-gatherers of the Paleolithic period and consisting mainly of preagricultural foods (such as lean meats, fish, vegetables, fruit, nuts, and seeds) and strictly limiting foods (such as dairy products, legumes, grains, potatoes, and refined sugar) which did not exist prior to the development of agricultural practices

   "By the end of the study, subjects on the Paleo diet averaged a 26 percent decrease in blood sugar levels, compared with only a 7 percent decrease among those on the Mediterranean diet."

noun

1. Paleo diet

   "Known variously as the paleolithic diet, or the Stone Age diet and even the caveman diet, the regimen is based on the belief that the prehistoric human diet of wild plants and animals millions of years ago is nutritionally beneficial."

noun

1. A way of losing a lot of weight very quickly by limiting how much one eats

   "He went on a crash diet and lost 20 pounds in a month."