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a diet consisting of the proper quantities and proportions of foods needed to maintain health or growth.

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Origin of balanced diet

First recorded in 1935–40

Words nearby balanced diet

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How to use balanced diet in a sentence

You could save yourself time and money by just eating a healthy, balanced diet with enough protein to meet your needs.
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By complementing a balanced diet with specifically formulated dog multivitamins, you’ll be setting your dog up for success.
Best dog vitamins: Nutrients and supplements to boost your pet’s health|Irena Collaku|June 16, 2021|Popular-Science
Park employees helped John quit tobacco by way of a butts-proof glass enclosure, a drastic change in diet, and regular exercise.
Zebra Finches, Dolphins, Elephants, and More Animals Under the Influence|Bill Schulz|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There was also the grapefruit diet, the cabbage soup diet, and the cookie diet.
Why Your New Year’s Diet Will Fail|Carrie Arnold|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Still other people have moved away from the word “diet” altogether.
Why Your New Year’s Diet Will Fail|Carrie Arnold|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Limbaugh makes comments like this because his right-wing fans require a non–stop diet of race-baiting red meat.
Rush Limbaugh’s Fear of a Black James Bond|Dean Obeidallah|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Butter has always been a healthy part of the diet in almost every culture; butter is a traditional food,” Asprey says.
Bulletproof Coffee and the Case for Butter as a Health Food|DailyBurn|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Excretion of these substances is greatly increased by a diet rich in nuclei, as sweetbreads and liver.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
In any social movement, then, change and alteration in a new direction must be balanced against the demands of social stability.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
But the balanced forces once displaced would be seen constantly to come to an equilibrium at a new point.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
I'm not enamored of a straight meat diet as a rule, but that evening I was in no mood to carp at anything half-way eatable.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
The introduction of the balanced Swell pedal (Walcker, 1863) has greatly increased the tonal resources of the organ.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller

Cultural definitions for balanced diet

balanced diet

A diet that contains the proper proportions of carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals, and water necessary to maintain good health.