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Diet:

Diet comes from the Greek: diatia.

A prescribed selection of foods.

The usual food and drink consumed by an organism.

A chosen way of eating for religious or personal reasons.

Follow a regimen or a diet, as for health reasons; "He has high blood pressure and must stick to a diet."

The act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods) for the purpose of reducing ones weight.

Eating sparingly, for health reasons or to lose weight.

The use of specific food or eating plan as a way to treat disease or illness.

The kind of food eaten by any animal, including humans to maintain or improve its state of health.

In nutrition, the diet is the sum of the food consumed by a body. Proper nutrition for a human requires vitamins, minerals, proteins, and fuel in the form of carbohydrates and fats. Imbalances between the consumed fuels and expended energy results in either starvation or excessive reserves of adipose tissue, or body fat.

This is an allowed plan of food and drink set down for the loss of weight, or a prescribed plan for medical reasons. The word can also be used to mean the habitual food intake of people or animals.

Referring to the contents of food to influence health. For example: Fiber is important in maintaining a soft, bulky stool. Diets that are low in fiber can, therefore, cause constipation. The best natural sources of fiber are vegetables, whole grains, and fruits. Fiber is derived from unprocessed food items as processed food often have their fiber removed or so processed as to be of less use.

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