Collocations for "diet"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "diet" in context.
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diet
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [low-fat, meat-free, vegetarian, weight-loss, liquid, protein] diet
- a [balanced, healthy] diet
- a healthy [Mediterranean] diet
- a healthy diet of
- a diet low in [calories, sugar, carbohydrates]
- has been [put, placed] on a diet
- I'm on a diet
- is following a strict diet
- don't want to break my diet
- I already broke my diet
- on a diet to lose [flab, fat, weight]
- on a diet to gain [muscle, strength, tone]
- have to [watch, control] my diet
- am trying to improve my diet
- live on a diet of [herbs, roots, vegetables, fruit]
- their diet consists mostly of
- are fed a steady diet of
- their [native, traditional] diet consists of
- the latest [craze, trend, fad] in diets
- watched a steady diet of [talk shows, soap operas, comedies]
- dieting to [lose weight, lower cholesterol, get skinny, stay slim]
- dieting [for the summer, before her wedding]
- dieting to [fit, get] into her (wedding) dress
- dieted herself down [to 125 pounds, a dress size]
- lose weight by dieting and exercising
- don't need to diet
- [began, started] to diet
- diet [pills, sachets, supplements]
- [recommend, suggest, follow] a diet plan
'diet' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
arrest
- balanced
- berry
- bland
- bulk
- burning
- complement
- connected
- constitute
- cougar
- crash
- cut
- discipline
- disease
- eat
- elephant
- elk
- fast
- fat
- food
- giraffe
- grain
- grapefruit
- grub
- healthy
- hinder
- illness
- importance
- iron
- lean
- limit
- low
- maintain
- nut
- on
- part
- pill
- pregnant
- prescribe
- proper
- raw
- resolution
- restrict
- sacrifice
- shed
- slim
- smoothie
- solid
- staple
- starch