high-vitamin diet
- noun
- After being diagnosed with a deficiency, her doctor recommended a high-vitamin diet to improve her health.
Examples
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Children with growth problems sometimes benefit from following a high-vitamin diet for several months.
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Many nutritionists agree that a high-vitamin diet can help boost the immune system.
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A high-vitamin diet can improve your overall health.
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Many athletes follow a high-vitamin diet to boost their performance.
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After being diagnosed with a deficiency, her doctor recommended a high-vitamin diet to improve her health.
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Children with growth problems sometimes benefit from following a high-vitamin diet for several months.
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Many nutritionists agree that a high-vitamin diet can help boost the immune system.
Synonyms
A diet that gives enough vitamins to people who lack them
How Vitamin-rich
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
high-vitamin + diet
The meaning 'a diet that contains increased levels of vitamins' is directly derivable from the constituents: 'high' (large/increased), 'vitamin' (nutrient), and 'diet' (a way of eating). This follows a common English compounding pattern (e.g. 'high-protein diet') and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the parts would readily understand it.
Etymology
High-vitamin diet comes from the simple idea of a diet that is high in vitamins, so it includes foods with extra vitamins. That's why it means 'a diet with more vitamins to help people who lack them'.