From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishnutritionalnu‧tri‧tion‧al /njuːˈtrɪʃənəl $ nuː-/ ●○○ adjective relating to the substances in food that help you to stay healthy Cooking vegetables for too long lessens their nutritional value. the nutritional requirements of pregnant women nutritional deficiencies —nutritionally adverb
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nutritional• The program also provides recipes, a shopping list, estimated meal costs and a nutritional analysis of the recipes.• Soybeans, peanuts, sweet potatoes, lettuce and wheat will be selected for their nutritional as well as their cleansing value.• Depression can be secondary to starvation and coexisting complications, since improved mood often follows nutritional rehabilitation.• A balanced diet will give nutritional requirements in all the right proportions.• Furthermore, nutritional treatment tended to be recommended for the more symptomatic and already growth impaired children.• These days everyone is becoming an expert in the nutritional value of different foods and the importance of vitamins and trace elements.nutritional value• But once you start adding a high-fat cereal or chocolate, you are increasing the calories without appreciably increasing the nutritional value.• Q: Does any of this have any nutritional value?• The study also found that consumers ranked canned food far below fresh and frozen foods based on nutritional value.• This engrossing spectacle fascinates the predator who may eventually devour the tail, although it has little nutritional value.• There are also informative sections on nutritional values, and storage and hygiene.• These days everyone is becoming an expert in the nutritional value of different foods and the importance of vitamins and trace elements.• Or he expatiated on the nutritional value of the lowly peanut.• The quality and nutritional value of what little food was available was very low, but there were few alternatives. 