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providing the substances necessary for health and bodily growth
the doctor recommended nutritional supplements
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Recent Examples of nutritional
Tips for Buying and Storing Frozen Vegetables Freezing helps preserve the nutritional quality of produce since many fresh vegetables start to lose nutrients after harvesting.
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Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 19 Sep. 2025
Besides biofuel, it’s used as a nutritional additive in animal feed.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2025
Reopening the shelter Anali Otazo, program manager at Teresa’s Place, mulled over upping nutritional values of meals during dinner preparations on a recent hot Thursday afternoon.
—Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
Research Has Found Other Benefits, Too Beyond berries’ nutritional makeup, experts are also learning more about how these fruits affect other aspects of people's health.
—Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 18 Sep. 2025
For now, what the big outlets want to give us is bleak cookie-cutter prestige dramas like Black Rabbit, a show and restaurant that offer the empty calories of star power but no nutritional value.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
Even when food is available, some kids who have experienced nutritional deprivation aren’t always able to get their needs met.
—Oona Hanson, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
So coconut aminos is healthier than soy sauce in relative terms, but the substitute falls short of being the nutritional powerhouse it's sometimes purported to be.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Consuming too many calories can lead to obesity, which is the most common nutritional disease in domestic cats.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 19 Sep. 2025
Besides biofuel, it’s used as a nutritional additive in animal feed.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2025
Reopening the shelter Anali Otazo, program manager at Teresa’s Place, mulled over upping nutritional values of meals during dinner preparations on a recent hot Thursday afternoon.
—Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
Research Has Found Other Benefits, Too Beyond berries’ nutritional makeup, experts are also learning more about how these fruits affect other aspects of people's health.
—Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 18 Sep. 2025
For now, what the big outlets want to give us is bleak cookie-cutter prestige dramas like Black Rabbit, a show and restaurant that offer the empty calories of star power but no nutritional value.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
Even when food is available, some kids who have experienced nutritional deprivation aren’t always able to get their needs met.
—Oona Hanson, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
So coconut aminos is healthier than soy sauce in relative terms, but the substitute falls short of being the nutritional powerhouse it's sometimes purported to be.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Consuming too many calories can lead to obesity, which is the most common nutritional disease in domestic cats.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nutritional
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The Super soy subtype was engineered by the researchers giving it a heart-friendly fat profile, trimming out non-nutritive sugars, and ditching the flavor-spiking enzyme lipoxygenase.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
20 Sep. 2025
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However, consumption of the other non-nutritive sweeteners was associated with a faster decline in global cognition, particularly in working memory and verbal fluency, according to the study.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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These meal plans are made with human-grade ingredients and tailored to your pup’s unique dietary needs and preferences.—
Trisha Easto,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
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For people with dietary restrictions like severe celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder triggered by gluten, that abundance is almost always off-limits.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Nutritional.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nutritional. Accessed 27 Sep. 2025.
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