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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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JAN 27, 2020Plants & Animals
Most octopuses live and breathe underwater, just like the vast majority of other marine animals. But this octopus endemi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 26, 2020Plants & Animals
There is no overstating the fact that the Arctic Tundra is a cold and unforgiving place. There are few plants or animals ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 21, 2020Plants & Animals
Grizzly bears spend up to seven Wintery months hibernating, and in that time, they can lose a substantial amount of thei ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 20, 2020Plants & Animals
When a female horned lizard lays her eggs, she finds herself up against several predators that want to devour them. Fort ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 19, 2020Plants & Animals
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A meta-analysis was recently published in the British Medical Journal to try and understand if there was a link between ...Written By: Abbie ArceJAN 17, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Soybean oil is used for frying and for making foods like margarine and salad dressing. It's the most commonly produced a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 17, 2020Health & Medicine
Aleafia Health signed an agreement with Kinstate, Inc. allowing the company to manufacture, market, and sell Kin Slips a ...JAN 17, 2020Cardiology
Walnuts may be more than just a tasty snack. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have found that they may al ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 14, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Silica particles, specifically ‘mesoporous silica particles (MSPs)’ are engineered molecular traps that may ...Written By: Nouran AminJAN 14, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Genetic testing revealed that our ancestors have been eating wheat, rye, spelt and barley for over 8,000 years. Today, g ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 13, 2020Microbiology
Scientists are learning more about how the antimicrobial effect of some foods and how it alters the microbial community ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 13, 2020Plants & Animals
Albatross chicks are naturally flightless, and this increases their dependence on their parental units to bring back foo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 13, 2020Cancer
New research published in the journal Cell Communication and Signaling suggests that bitter melon, also known as bitter ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 07, 2020Microbiology
Humans might have a critical dependence on the microbes in their guts, but it seems that not all animals do.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 06, 2020Plants & Animals
Leaves are one of the most essential components of a proboscis monkey’s diet, and in some cases, getting to the ta ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 03, 2020Cardiology
Invasive procedures are no better than medications and lifestyle advice at treating heart disease that’s severe bu ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 03, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from Georgetown University have found that combining a drug used for epilepsy, bipolar disorder, and migrain ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 31, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Meat consumption has risen around the world in the past few decades, and demand is still increasing.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 29, 2019Genetics & Genomics
While it's known that environmental factors influence the quality of sperm, researchers have found that diet can have a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 23, 2019Plants & Animals
Ants and termites have known their place as bitter rivals in the animal kingdom for more than 150 million years. Even to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 23, 2019Cancer
Research published recently in the Journal of National Cancer Institute suggests a new form of cancer prevention: losing ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 22, 2019Neuroscience
A new study on over 1 milion women in the UK has found that women who are obese during their 50’s are at a higher ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 22, 2019Plants & Animals
Most people think of clams as a gooey blob inside of a two-piece shell, but there’s actually a lot more going on i ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
JAN 27, 2020
Plants & Animals
Most octopuses live and breathe underwater, just like the vast majority of other marine animals. But this octopus endemi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 26, 2020
Plants & Animals
There is no overstating the fact that the Arctic Tundra is a cold and unforgiving place. There are few plants or animals
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 21, 2020
Plants & Animals
Grizzly bears spend up to seven Wintery months hibernating, and in that time, they can lose a substantial amount of thei
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 20, 2020
Plants & Animals
When a female horned lizard lays her eggs, she finds herself up against several predators that want to devour them. Fort
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 19, 2020
Plants & Animals
Flying foxes absolutely despise the Sun, and with that in mind, it should come as no surprise to anyone that they look f
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 17, 2020
Cardiology
A meta-analysis was recently published in the British Medical Journal to try and understand if there was a link between
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
JAN 17, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Soybean oil is used for frying and for making foods like margarine and salad dressing. It's the most commonly produced a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2020
Health & Medicine
Aleafia Health signed an agreement with Kinstate, Inc. allowing the company to manufacture, market, and sell Kin Slips a
...
JAN 17, 2020
Cardiology
Walnuts may be more than just a tasty snack. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have found that they may al
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 14, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Silica particles, specifically ‘mesoporous silica particles (MSPs)’ are engineered molecular traps that may
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 14, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Genetic testing revealed that our ancestors have been eating wheat, rye, spelt and barley for over 8,000 years. Today, g
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 13, 2020
Microbiology
Scientists are learning more about how the antimicrobial effect of some foods and how it alters the microbial community
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 13, 2020
Plants & Animals
Albatross chicks are naturally flightless, and this increases their dependence on their parental units to bring back foo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 13, 2020
Cancer
New research published in the journal Cell Communication and Signaling suggests that bitter melon, also known as bitter
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 07, 2020
Microbiology
Humans might have a critical dependence on the microbes in their guts, but it seems that not all animals do.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 06, 2020
Plants & Animals
Leaves are one of the most essential components of a proboscis monkey’s diet, and in some cases, getting to the ta
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 03, 2020
Cardiology
Invasive procedures are no better than medications and lifestyle advice at treating heart disease that’s severe bu
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 03, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from Georgetown University have found that combining a drug used for epilepsy, bipolar disorder, and migrain
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 31, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Meat consumption has risen around the world in the past few decades, and demand is still increasing.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 29, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
While it's known that environmental factors influence the quality of sperm, researchers have found that diet can have a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 23, 2019
Plants & Animals
Ants and termites have known their place as bitter rivals in the animal kingdom for more than 150 million years. Even to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 23, 2019
Cancer
Research published recently in the Journal of National Cancer Institute suggests a new form of cancer prevention: losing
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 22, 2019
Neuroscience
A new study on over 1 milion women in the UK has found that women who are obese during their 50’s are at a higher
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 22, 2019
Plants & Animals
Most people think of clams as a gooey blob inside of a two-piece shell, but there’s actually a lot more going on i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard