karppaaja

English translation: low carber

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Finnish term or phrase:	karppaaja
English translation:	low carber

19:08 Oct 4, 2012

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Nutrition

Finnish term or phrase: karppaaja

In an article about nutrition. I'm wondering if there is a neutral, yet informal term in English which corresponds to this one. Only thing I can think of is "a low-carb dieter".

J Gallagher (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 1 (none open) Answers: 0 Finland
Local time: 09:43

low carber

Explanation:
Person adjusting his/her diet to have low carbohydrate content

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Note added at 7 hrs (2012-10-05 03:01:00 GMT)
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Or low-carber

Selected response from:

Erkki Pekkinen
Finland
Local time: 09:43

Grading comment

Thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for. Over 800,000 Google hits, too =)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

low carber

Erkki Pekkinen

low carbarian

Vladyslav Golovaty

someone on a low-carb diet

Pauliina Kauppila

Answers

12 mins confidence:

someone on a low-carb diet

Explanation:
There is no specific term/noun for this as far as I'm aware. This type of expressions are the only ones I've ever come across in the Irish/UK press. The Finnish terms "karppaaja" and "karpata" are more to-the-point in this case.

Pauliina Kauppila
Local time: 07:43
Native speaker of:

Finnish

6 hrs confidence:

low carber

Erkki Pekkinen
Finland
Local time: 09:43
Native speaker of:

English,

Finnish
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for. Over 800,000 Google hits, too =)

12 hrs confidence:

low carbarian

Explanation:
yes, quite seriously

Example sentence(s):

4 Jun 2012 – Planning is critical on any eating plan, but it seems especially so on low carb. ... options but wouldn't even consider anything low-carbarian!
A lot of people associate eating clean with eating high-protein, low-carb, which often is .... When I was veggie I definitely became a “carbarian”-and felt awful.

Reference: http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual....
Reference: http://blisstree.com/eat/tosca-reno-eat-clean-vegetarian-hig...

Vladyslav Golovaty
Ukraine
Local time: 09:43
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Russian

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