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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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JUN 30, 2022Neuroscience
There is an ever-increasing number of links that are being found between microbes in the human gut and our health. Resea ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 30, 2022Cardiology
About one third of Greenlanders are at higher risk of heart disease and high cholesterol.Written By: Savannah LoganJUN 26, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends against using beta carotene or vitamin E supplements to preven ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 22, 2022Plants & Animals
No need to cut beer out of your diet just yet if you’re looking to improve your health. According to a recent stud ...Written By: Ryan VingumJUN 17, 2022Immunology
Stress, from problems that people experience every day like tension and strain at work to more traumatic events like the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 16, 2022Cardiology
A new study has linked height to a lower risk of coronary heart disease and a higher risk of some circulatory disorders.Written By: Savannah LoganJUN 15, 2022Neuroscience
Low vitamin D levels are linked to a higher risk of dementia and stroke. Increasing levels of vitamin D among those who ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 14, 2022Microbiology
Our planet has a plastic problem; plastic particles can be found in nearly every part of our environment, in organisms, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 14, 2022Cardiology
Aerobic exercise is typically associated with weight loss, but weight training also improves weight reduction and may ha ...Written By: Savannah LoganJUN 12, 2022Neuroscience
People who have multiple cardiometabolic conditions have a three times higher dementia risk than those with a high genet ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 12, 2022Plants & Animals
New research conducted by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine suggests that a vegan diet offers a range of ...Written By: Ryan VingumJUN 09, 2022Cardiology
There is little evidence that supplements actually improve heart health.Written By: Savannah LoganJUN 04, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Around 3g of omega-3 fatty acids taken on a daily basis may be the optimal dose for lowering blood pressure. The corresp ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 04, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Antibiotics may decrease athletes' motivation and endurance via effects on the microbiome. The corresponding study w ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 04, 2022Health & Medicine
A recent 30-day study involving rats and high-fat food pellets may be vital in helping humans overcome their cravings wh ...Written By: Joshua AehMAY 27, 2022Microbiology
The microbes in our gut have a significant impact on many aspects of our health. New research has indicated that bacteri ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 26, 2022Cardiology
Reducing sodium intake improves symptoms, but not hospitalizations or deaths, for heart failure patients.Written By: Savannah LoganMAY 25, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Doctors at the Maggiore Hospital in Bologna, Italy noticed that on days with high levels of air pollution, clusters of p ...Written By: Zoe MichaudMAY 25, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Gene editing has Brough beneficial changes to many foods. Now, researchers have engineered a plant that produced tomatoe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 25, 2022Immunology
Diets that are high in fats and cholesterol have been associated with a variety of health problems, including an increas ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 24, 2022Cardiology
Obesity and unhealthy diets cause gene expression changes that negatively impact the cardiac function of offspring.Written By: Savannah LoganMAY 24, 2022Genetics & Genomics
You may have heard of haploid and diploid species, which carry one set of unpaired chromosomes, or two sets chromosomes, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 20, 2022Microbiology
Bacteria, also known as microbes, get a bad rap. We’re all taught that bacteria are bad, and we need to do what&rs ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 19, 2022Neuroscience
Diets rich in fruits and vegetables may help reduce inattention issues in children with Attention deficit hyperactivity ...Written By: Annie Lennon
JUN 30, 2022
Neuroscience
There is an ever-increasing number of links that are being found between microbes in the human gut and our health. Resea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2022
Cardiology
About one third of Greenlanders are at higher risk of heart disease and high cholesterol.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
JUN 26, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends against using beta carotene or vitamin E supplements to preven
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 22, 2022
Plants & Animals
No need to cut beer out of your diet just yet if you’re looking to improve your health. According to a recent stud
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
JUN 17, 2022
Immunology
Stress, from problems that people experience every day like tension and strain at work to more traumatic events like the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 16, 2022
Cardiology
A new study has linked height to a lower risk of coronary heart disease and a higher risk of some circulatory disorders.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
JUN 15, 2022
Neuroscience
Low vitamin D levels are linked to a higher risk of dementia and stroke. Increasing levels of vitamin D among those who
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 14, 2022
Microbiology
Our planet has a plastic problem; plastic particles can be found in nearly every part of our environment, in organisms,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 14, 2022
Cardiology
Aerobic exercise is typically associated with weight loss, but weight training also improves weight reduction and may ha
...
Written By:
Savannah Logan
JUN 12, 2022
Neuroscience
People who have multiple cardiometabolic conditions have a three times higher dementia risk than those with a high genet
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 12, 2022
Plants & Animals
New research conducted by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine suggests that a vegan diet offers a range of
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
JUN 09, 2022
Cardiology
There is little evidence that supplements actually improve heart health.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
JUN 04, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Around 3g of omega-3 fatty acids taken on a daily basis may be the optimal dose for lowering blood pressure. The corresp
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 04, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Antibiotics may decrease athletes' motivation and endurance via effects on the microbiome. The corresponding study w
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 04, 2022
Health & Medicine
A recent 30-day study involving rats and high-fat food pellets may be vital in helping humans overcome their cravings wh
...
Written By:
Joshua Aeh
MAY 27, 2022
Microbiology
The microbes in our gut have a significant impact on many aspects of our health. New research has indicated that bacteri
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 26, 2022
Cardiology
Reducing sodium intake improves symptoms, but not hospitalizations or deaths, for heart failure patients.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
MAY 25, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Doctors at the Maggiore Hospital in Bologna, Italy noticed that on days with high levels of air pollution, clusters of p
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
MAY 25, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Gene editing has Brough beneficial changes to many foods. Now, researchers have engineered a plant that produced tomatoe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 25, 2022
Immunology
Diets that are high in fats and cholesterol have been associated with a variety of health problems, including an increas
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 24, 2022
Cardiology
Obesity and unhealthy diets cause gene expression changes that negatively impact the cardiac function of offspring.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
MAY 24, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
You may have heard of haploid and diploid species, which carry one set of unpaired chromosomes, or two sets chromosomes,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 20, 2022
Microbiology
Bacteria, also known as microbes, get a bad rap. We’re all taught that bacteria are bad, and we need to do what&rs
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 19, 2022
Neuroscience
Diets rich in fruits and vegetables may help reduce inattention issues in children with Attention deficit hyperactivity
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon