monodiet
See also: mono diet
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]monodiet (plural monodiets)
- Alternative spelling of mono diet
- 1907, Colorado Medicine, volume 4, page 376:
- I may then change it to a monodiet of meat for two or three days; then follow it by an exclusive diet of rice or bread, etc.
- 1924, Peanut Promoter, volume 8, page 11:
- Dr. J. T. Allen undertook to live on peanuts alone for several months in his home at Aurora, Ill., to prove that the monodiet is man’s particular need. Although Dr. Allen declared he believed the monodiet—that is only one food at a meal—is the proper way to eat, there is no authentic record that he practiced what he preached aside from the experiments of a few months.
- 2003, Dharma Singh Khalsa, “Chapter 8: The First Principle: Detoxify Your Body with Colon Therapy and Fasting”, in Food As Medicine: How to Use Diet, Vitamins, Juices, and Herbs for a Healthier, Happier, and Longer life, Atria Books, →ISBN, How to Fast: Monodiet as a Fast, page 79:
- Another way to easily detoxify your system and use food as medicine is to follow a so-called monodiet. In a monodiet, you eat only one food or food combination for a specific purpose for a short time.