Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mediterranean diet

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

Syllables: mediter-ranean di-et
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any variant of a diet (food intake) traditionally typical of that eaten by people in the Mediterranean region (with olive oil, legumes, unrefined cereals, fruits and vegetables, etc. and limited meat other than fish); thought to increase life expectancy and protect against heart disease and cancer.

noun

Any variant of a diet (controlled regimen) based on that principle.

Example Sentences

"In one study, published in 2018, researchers assessed nearly 26,000 women and found that those who followed the Mediterranean diet most closely for up to 12 years had about a 25 percent reduced risk of developing cardiovascular disease."

Inflected Forms

Mediterranean diets (plural)

Phrases

green Mediterranean diet

Questions

What does mediterranean diet mean?: Any variant of a diet (food intake) traditionally typical of that eaten by people in the Mediterranean region (with olive oil, legumes, unrefined cereals, fruits and vegetables, etc. and limited meat other than fish); thought to increase life expectancy and protect against heart disease and cancer.

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