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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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MAY 13, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
People have long been searching for natural ways to treat cancer in an effort to avoid some of the harmful side effects ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 12, 2020Plants & Animals
While you or I might have the freedom of deciding between a carnivorous diet or going all out vegetarian, not all a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 12, 2020Immunology
Obesity is a $1.7 trillion problem in the United States — a value almost 10% of the nation’s gross domestic ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 11, 2020Plants & Animals
Virtually every beehive sports its own queen bee, but there can be only one. Beneath her are hundreds or thousands of pe ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 10, 2020Plants & Animals
Humboldt penguins are small and easy prey for larger predators, and with that in mind, it may not come as much of a surp ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 09, 2020Chemistry & Physics
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This work suggests that it may be possible to dampen autoimmunity or promote an immune attack on cancer through a bioche ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 07, 2020Genetics & Genomics
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Fruit flies can be particularly annoying, especially when one finds its way into your home and begins buzzing in circles ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 03, 2020Cancer
Research published in the journal Genome Biology reports the discovery of two overlooked genes that have the potential t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 27, 2020Plants & Animals
It seems like turtles are always hungry. Just the mere mention of food gets their heads bobbing, and don’t even ge ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 26, 2020Plants & Animals
One thing that lion-tailed macaques and Malabar giant squirrels have in common is a passionate love for the taste of jac ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 22, 2020Cardiology
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), “heart disease is the leading cause of death for men, women, an ...Written By: Lawrence RennaAPR 21, 2020Cardiology
Fewer and fewer people have heart attacks in the US thanks to improved lifestyle factors, such as a general reduction in ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 20, 2020Plants & Animals
The sand cat is a type of feline that spends nearly all its life in the desert. While they may not look that much differ ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 15, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
New work may help explain why sugar cravings are so hard to satisfy.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 13, 2020Cancer
Up until now, there have been inconclusive results regarding the association between fiber consumption and the risk of b ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 12, 2020Plants & Animals
These Aurelia jellyfish roam the void of the ocean in massive groups, an occurrence that doesn’t happen by acciden ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 09, 2020Health & Medicine
According to the American Heart Association (AHA), women are generally more likely than men to have a stroke, die from s ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAPR 07, 2020Immunology
Excessive salt intake is associated with health consequences for more than just cardiovascular status; the immune system ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 06, 2020Plants & Animals
Rare giant snails are quite literally both rare and giant. These creatures can grow to the size of a human fist, and onl ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 06, 2020Cardiology
While evidence suggests that most diets lead to similar modest losses in weight and improvements in cardiovascular risk ...Written By: Annie Lennon
MAY 13, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
People have long been searching for natural ways to treat cancer in an effort to avoid some of the harmful side effects
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 12, 2020
Plants & Animals
While you or I might have the freedom of deciding between a carnivorous diet or going all out vegetarian, not all a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 12, 2020
Immunology
Obesity is a $1.7 trillion problem in the United States — a value almost 10% of the nation’s gross domestic
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 11, 2020
Plants & Animals
Virtually every beehive sports its own queen bee, but there can be only one. Beneath her are hundreds or thousands of pe
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 10, 2020
Plants & Animals
Humboldt penguins are small and easy prey for larger predators, and with that in mind, it may not come as much of a surp
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 09, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Research published in the Journal of Lipid Research highlights a new blood test that is able to monitor an individual&rs
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 07, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
This work suggests that it may be possible to dampen autoimmunity or promote an immune attack on cancer through a bioche
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 07, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Many species of Campylobacter bacteria are infectious and can cause a disease called campylobacteriosis in animals and p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 04, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from the US Department of Energy national laboratories have found that certain gut bacteria are able to impr
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 04, 2020
Plants & Animals
Capuchin monkeys are highly intelligent animals, but they’re also rather curious. They’ve adapted to communi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 03, 2020
Plants & Animals
Fruit flies can be particularly annoying, especially when one finds its way into your home and begins buzzing in circles
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 03, 2020
Cancer
Research published in the journal Genome Biology reports the discovery of two overlooked genes that have the potential t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 27, 2020
Plants & Animals
It seems like turtles are always hungry. Just the mere mention of food gets their heads bobbing, and don’t even ge
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 26, 2020
Plants & Animals
One thing that lion-tailed macaques and Malabar giant squirrels have in common is a passionate love for the taste of jac
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 22, 2020
Cardiology
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), “heart disease is the leading cause of death for men, women, an
...
Written By:
Lawrence Renna
APR 21, 2020
Cardiology
Fewer and fewer people have heart attacks in the US thanks to improved lifestyle factors, such as a general reduction in
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 20, 2020
Plants & Animals
The sand cat is a type of feline that spends nearly all its life in the desert. While they may not look that much differ
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 15, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work may help explain why sugar cravings are so hard to satisfy.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 13, 2020
Cancer
Up until now, there have been inconclusive results regarding the association between fiber consumption and the risk of b
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 12, 2020
Plants & Animals
These Aurelia jellyfish roam the void of the ocean in massive groups, an occurrence that doesn’t happen by acciden
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 09, 2020
Health & Medicine
According to the American Heart Association (AHA), women are generally more likely than men to have a stroke, die from s
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
APR 07, 2020
Immunology
Excessive salt intake is associated with health consequences for more than just cardiovascular status; the immune system
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 06, 2020
Plants & Animals
Rare giant snails are quite literally both rare and giant. These creatures can grow to the size of a human fist, and onl
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 06, 2020
Cardiology
While evidence suggests that most diets lead to similar modest losses in weight and improvements in cardiovascular risk
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon