nutritarian

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noun

A person whose diet selection is based on the nutrient content or nutrition of food.

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Meanings

nounnutritarian (plural nutritarians)

plural nutritarians

  1. 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

Origin

From nutri(tion) + (vege)tarian.

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APA

nutritarian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nutritarian

MLA

“nutritarian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nutritarian. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nutritarian,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nutritarian.

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