| Diet can be defined in many ways. It can be diet as | | | | and Marasmus, which are the diseases caused by |
| nutrition, which is the food consumed by living | | | | lack of dietary protein. Reverse to that, if one has |
| organisms. Dieting can be referred as the selected | | | | heavy and over diet, it can lead to the obesity which in |
| food to control the body weight or nutrient intake. | | | | terms, invites many other diseases including |
| When the diet is used in eating context, it is the food | | | | arteriosclerosis, obesity and diabetes. |
| that aid in dieting. | | | | In addition to diet, other words or phrases that are |
| Individual dietary choices can be more healthy or less. | | | | used to narrate and identify these foods includes Low |
| As far as nutrition is concerned, it requires the proper | | | | Calorie, No Fat, Fat Free, No sugar, Sugar Free, Lite or |
| consumption and equally important, the absorption of | | | | Light and Zero Calorie. These all terminologies are |
| the essential elements like minerals, proteins, vitamins | | | | described generally to reduce the weight. However, |
| carbohydrates and fats. The dietary habit and | | | | these all labels must carry what they show. For |
| selection plays an important role in mortality and health. | | | | instance, the 'low fat' must not contain more than three |
| This can also describe cultures and create the | | | | grams of fat per serving. |
| benchmark in religion. | | | | A person, willing to reduce the weight often follows the |
| Generally, diet is chosen to seek the weight gain, | | | | 'dietary chart' given by dietician and generally he or she |
| weight loss, to avoid cancers, cardiovascular health, | | | | is called as 'on dieting' or 'on diet'. The chart for them is |
| sports training and as regimen in various diseased | | | | usually the list of low calories diet or low fat diet. The |
| condition. When someone changes the diet pattern is | | | | needed calories are counted and the diet chart is |
| changed, or someone goes 'on diet', it can change the | | | | prepared accordingly. Cutting down the diet will result in |
| energy levels in the body. It can decrease or increase | | | | "more demand and less supply" energy in terms of |
| the amount of fat or adipose tissues in the body. | | | | calories in the body and this will eventually turn into the |
| Foods, which are intended to help reduce the weight, | | | | weight loss. |
| are often labeled as 'diet foods'. These 'diet foods' are | | | | In the diseased state, the diet plays essential role in |
| usually advised in conjunction with various exercises. | | | | controlling the disease. The regimen is advised along |
| Proper diet is important to maintain the health and | | | | with internal medications. Dietary regimen helps to |
| opposite to that, if there is poor intake of various | | | | recover faster from the illness and when followed |
| vitamins, minerals and carbohydrates; it can lead to | | | | perfectly, it will prevent further worsening and |
| diseased state that can have bad effects on the | | | | recurrence of the disease. |
| health. Improper nourishment is often called as | | | | Healthy diet along with light exercises is the key to |
| malnourishment. The great examples of | | | | perfect balance in the body. It will help you to keep the |
| malnourishment are childhood diseases Kwashiorkor | | | | harmony between the physical and mental state. |