The phrase "avoid nourishing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is advising against providing sustenance or support, either literally or metaphorically.
Example: "In order to promote a healthier lifestyle, it is essential to avoid nourishing habits that lead to poor health."
Alternatives: "refrain from feeding" or "steer clear of supporting".
7. Lastly, we embrace our choices of food throughout the holiday season not to please others or to silence judgments or to avoid conflict, but to nourish our Self.
Highly selective catheterization was performed with a microcatheter to obtain complete obstruction of the nourishing arteries and avoid damage to nontumor tissue.
Students learn how to foster friendships that nourish them and avoid those which are destructive.
An incision was performed on the skin near the tumor and the skin flap containing the tumor was lifted, taking particular care to avoid cutting the main blood vessels nourishing the tumor.
They pack a lot of calories without nourishing your body, so avoid these while you're trying to lose fat.
Experience has taught us that we cannot avoid Alzheimer's disease by having regular medical checkups, by being involved in nourishing relationships or by going to the gym or filling in crossword puzzles.
Researchers hope their work will help consumers avoid overeating foods presented to them as healthy, and to instead seek foods which are nourishing.
The Celestial Masters frowned upon the practice of heqi (also known as 'The Union of the Breaths') of not ejaculating during sex in order to 'nourish the brain', and advocated non-ejaculation simply as a way to avoid losing qi.
Breastfeeding affected women's food consumption practices, dictating the kinds of foods that would foster milk production, but also be healthy and nourishing for the newborn's sensitive stomach: " Because they said if you eat more of those starchy foods they will make you more gassy and the baby will be more uncomfortable, so try to avoid starchy food - rice, more pitas.
Nourish your hair by waiting a day or two in between shampoos, using conditioners effectively, and avoiding damaging practices, such as daily flat-ironing or prolonged blow drying.
