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Diet
Diet: In nutrition, diet is the sum of food consumed by a person or other organism. The word diet often implies the use of specific intake of nutrition for health or weight-management reasons (with the two often being related). Although humans are omnivores, each culture and each person holds some food preferences or some food taboos. This may be due to personal tastes or ethical reasons. Individual dietary choices may be more or less healthy. Complete nutrition requires ingestion and absorption of vitamins, minerals, essential amino acids from protein and essential fatty acids from fat-containing food, also food energy in the form of carbohydrate, protein, and fat. Dietary habits and choices play a significant role in the quality of life, health and longevity.
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DEC 21, 2022Health & Medicine
Type I diabetes, or insulin-dependent diabetes, is a multigenic condition in which multiple genes are associated with th ...Written By: Anusha NaganathanDEC 20, 2022Cardiology
A new study has determined which supplements reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, including omega-3 and folic acid ...Written By: Savannah LoganDEC 20, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
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Your smartwatch could help measure your physical and cardiovascular health.Written By: Savannah LoganDEC 05, 2022Cancer
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The way certain genes are expressed in aging organisms seems to be significantly impacted by events that happen earlier ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 03, 2022Neuroscience
Suppressing certain gut bacteria leads mice to binge-eat foods high in sugar. The corresponding study was published ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 01, 2022Cardiology
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Antioxidants are well known for the numerous health benefits. Produced by both the body and found in a range of foods, a ...Written By: Ryan VingumNOV 29, 2022Cardiology
A new study suggests that high-salt diets increase circulating stress hormones.Written By: Savannah LoganNOV 26, 2022Health & Medicine
Over the years, a number of studies have found evidence that reproductive health in men has been declining. Research has ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 24, 2022Chemistry & Physics
Life finds a way, even at the bottom of the cold Antarctic Sea. However, the organisms at the bottom of the Antarctic mi ...Written By: Hannah DanielNOV 24, 2022Cardiology
To fend off obesity, avoid processed foods and aim to eat high-protein breakfasts.Written By: Savannah LoganNOV 22, 2022Cardiology
Specific dietary and behavioral choices are associated with long-term weight gain.Written By: Savannah Logan
DEC 21, 2022
Health & Medicine
Type I diabetes, or insulin-dependent diabetes, is a multigenic condition in which multiple genes are associated with th
...
Written By:
Anusha Naganathan
DEC 20, 2022
Cardiology
A new study has determined which supplements reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, including omega-3 and folic acid
...
Written By:
Savannah Logan
DEC 20, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
It was once thought that inflammation and immune responses in the brain were limited; that is was a so-called immune pri
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 19, 2022
Microbiology
The microbes in the gut can metabolize some of the foods we eat to produce new molecules, some of which can affect our h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 19, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
About 10,000 years ago in an area of the Middle East known as the Fertile Crescent, humans began to settle as farmers in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 16, 2022
Microbiology
More land is used to grow wheat than any other crop, a common cereal around the world. Wheat is estimated to provide abo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 14, 2022
Plants & Animals
For a number of reasons, plant-based alternative to meat and animal products have emerged in recent years. On one hand,
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
DEC 12, 2022
Space & Astronomy
We all marvel at human beings being able to leave the confines of Earth, even if they leave only for a short time. But o
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
DEC 12, 2022
Microbiology
Trillions of microbes live in our gastrointestinal tracts, and they exert a powerful influence on various aspects of hum
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 11, 2022
Immunology
About 30,000 people are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes every year in the United States, and it's a common chronic diseas
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 08, 2022
Cardiology
A simple 12-week program lowered blood pressure in a randomized controlled trial.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
DEC 07, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Twins can provide researchers with a unique opportunity to investigate how a trait might be influenced by genetics or by
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 06, 2022
Cardiology
Your smartwatch could help measure your physical and cardiovascular health.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
DEC 05, 2022
Cancer
Recent research has linked the quality of a plant-based diet to different diseases, including cardiovascular disease, di
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
DEC 04, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
The way certain genes are expressed in aging organisms seems to be significantly impacted by events that happen earlier
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 03, 2022
Neuroscience
Suppressing certain gut bacteria leads mice to binge-eat foods high in sugar. The corresponding study was published
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 01, 2022
Cardiology
Tea and other foods containing flavonoids appear to protect against vascular disease events.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
NOV 30, 2022
Cannabis Sciences
Is it possible to lose weight with cannabis? Here's what the latest research tells us.
Written By:
Helaine Krysik
NOV 29, 2022
Plants & Animals
Antioxidants are well known for the numerous health benefits. Produced by both the body and found in a range of foods, a
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
NOV 29, 2022
Cardiology
A new study suggests that high-salt diets increase circulating stress hormones.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
NOV 26, 2022
Health & Medicine
Over the years, a number of studies have found evidence that reproductive health in men has been declining. Research has
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 24, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Life finds a way, even at the bottom of the cold Antarctic Sea. However, the organisms at the bottom of the Antarctic mi
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
NOV 24, 2022
Cardiology
To fend off obesity, avoid processed foods and aim to eat high-protein breakfasts.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
NOV 22, 2022
Cardiology
Specific dietary and behavioral choices are associated with long-term weight gain.
Written By:
Savannah Logan