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Diets 

see also Eating, Fat
  1. The first law of dietetics seems to be: if it tastes good, it's bad for you.
    Isaac Asimov 1920–92 Russian-born biochemist and science fiction writer: attributed
  2. The right diet directs sexual energy into the parts that matter.
    Barbara Cartland 1901–2000 English writer: in Observer 11 January 1981
  3. Whatever may be the quantity that a man eats, it is plain that if he is too fat, he has eaten more than he should have done.
    Samuel Johnson 1709–84 English poet, critic, and lexicographer: James Boswell Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) 28 April 1783
  4. Food is an important part of a balanced Diet.
    Fran Lebowitz 1950–  American writer: Metropolitan Life (1978)
  5. Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.
    Kate Moss 1974–  English model: when asked for her motto, in Women's Wear Daily 13 November 2009