Nutritionists say that the best way to lose weight is by a combination of a calorie controlled diet which contains a balance of all the major food groups, and regular exercise.

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The Zone, which is balance and moderation, is very similar to the diet your grandmother told you to eat.

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An immediate commitment to balance the budget might be a rather more austere economic diet than equity investors would desire, even if bond investors took cheer.

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Like Donald, who Faldo has tipped as the man most likely to end Europe's drought, they have realised that a steady diet of American golf is as good for their major hopes as it is for their bank balance.

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