nutritarian
nutritarian noun: a person whose diet selection is based on the nutrient content or nutrition of food.
Noun
nutritarian (plural nutritarians)
- A person whose diet selection is based on the nutrient content or nutrition of food.
- A nutritarian understands that food has powerful disease-protecting and therapeutic effects and seeks to consume a broad array of micronutrients via their food choices.2003, Joel Fuhrman, Eat to Live: The Amazing Nutrient-Rich Program for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss, Little, Brown & Company, →ISBN
Forms of nutritarian
| plural | nutritarians |
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Origin of nutritarian
From nutri(tion) + (vege)tarian.
Words formed from nutritarian
Questions about nutritarian
- What does nutritarian mean?
- Nutritarian means a person whose diet selection is based on the nutrient content or nutrition of food.
- What part of speech is nutritarian?
- Nutritarian is a noun.
- What is the plural of nutritarian?
- The plural of nutritarian is nutritarians.
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