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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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NOV 30, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Since the discovery of DNA, attributing the cause of illnesses to genetic reasons became trendy. Depression was no excep ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 26, 2019Plants & Animals
You’d be hard-pressed to find any fish daring enough to voluntarily enter a top predator’s mouth, but that&r ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 25, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
The work, which used a mouse model, links stem cell activity with cellular fat consumption in a new way.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 24, 2019Plants & Animals
Hamsters are just one of several rodents that can stuff their mouths full of food and other goodies and carry it long di ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 21, 2019Earth & The Environment
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"Sense about Science" is a UK-based NGO that promotes the public understanding of science. Every year the orga ...Written By: Daniel DuanNOV 20, 2019Cardiology
Body mass index (BMI) is an important health measure. BMI is defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( ...Written By: Abbie ArceNOV 19, 2019Microbiology
The ketogenic diet forces the body to use stored fat as fuel instead of carbohydrates; the fat gets broken down into ket ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 18, 2019Plants & Animals
Cheetahs are impressively large cats, but they aren’t quite as large as the fabled lion. Their smaller stature mea ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 18, 2019Microbiology
Even closely related bats may not have similar gut microbes, and these unusual mammals may not have the same relationshi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 18, 2019Cardiology
New research into meal timing suggests that when we eat may influence cardiovascular health. Research up until this poin ...Written By: Abbie ArceNOV 17, 2019Plants & Animals
Bottlenose dolphins are known for their intelligence, and their behavior in the natural habitat never fails to amaze eve ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 16, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Don’t like eating vegetables? Researchers from the University of Kentucky (UKY) have found that the reason why may ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 12, 2019Plants & Animals
Lobsters, just like many other animals, follow migration patterns. They are often observed traveling in large packs, mar ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 11, 2019Plants & Animals
Polar bears are expert survivalists. Their noses are many times more powerful than a dog’s, and they can sniff out ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 04, 2019Plants & Animals
Lions sport a reputation as one of nature’s fiercest beasts, but have you ever wondered what makes them such renow ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 03, 2019Plants & Animals
Animals can be tricky to understand because they can’t speak to us in a form of communication that we can easily c ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 31, 2019Microbiology
Some people are affected by a syndrome in which their gut microbes generate enough alcohol to cause symptoms of intoxica ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 29, 2019Plants & Animals
Skuas are notorious for snatching the eggs away from penguins for a meal. But as you might come to expect, the victim is ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 29, 2019Earth & The Environment
Is Napier grass the win-win that East Africa is looking for? The native grass species has the potential to boost nutriti ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 29, 2019Health & Medicine
If you need yet another reason to improve your diet, scientists have discovered that a majority of healthy foods also ha ...Written By: Tiffany DazetOCT 28, 2019Plants & Animals
Mother nature isn’t kind to wildlife; many assume their position as either the prey or the predator depending on t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 28, 2019Health & Medicine
There’s more great news for avocado lovers! The beloved tree fruit has undoubtedly skyrocketed in popularity over ...Written By: Tiffany DazetOCT 27, 2019Plants & Animals
The humble hyena is often depicted as dim-witted, but as the scientific facts would show, that couldn’t be farther ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
NOV 30, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Since the discovery of DNA, attributing the cause of illnesses to genetic reasons became trendy. Depression was no excep
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 26, 2019
Plants & Animals
You’d be hard-pressed to find any fish daring enough to voluntarily enter a top predator’s mouth, but that&r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 25, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
The work, which used a mouse model, links stem cell activity with cellular fat consumption in a new way.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 24, 2019
Plants & Animals
Hamsters are just one of several rodents that can stuff their mouths full of food and other goodies and carry it long di
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 21, 2019
Earth & The Environment
How much energy will it actually take to power our growing population? If you’re like many, perhaps you feel that
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 21, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
"Sense about Science" is a UK-based NGO that promotes the public understanding of science. Every year the orga
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
NOV 20, 2019
Cardiology
Body mass index (BMI) is an important health measure. BMI is defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
NOV 19, 2019
Microbiology
The ketogenic diet forces the body to use stored fat as fuel instead of carbohydrates; the fat gets broken down into ket
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 18, 2019
Plants & Animals
Cheetahs are impressively large cats, but they aren’t quite as large as the fabled lion. Their smaller stature mea
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 18, 2019
Microbiology
Even closely related bats may not have similar gut microbes, and these unusual mammals may not have the same relationshi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 18, 2019
Cardiology
New research into meal timing suggests that when we eat may influence cardiovascular health. Research up until this poin
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
NOV 17, 2019
Plants & Animals
Bottlenose dolphins are known for their intelligence, and their behavior in the natural habitat never fails to amaze eve
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 16, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Don’t like eating vegetables? Researchers from the University of Kentucky (UKY) have found that the reason why may
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 12, 2019
Plants & Animals
Lobsters, just like many other animals, follow migration patterns. They are often observed traveling in large packs, mar
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 11, 2019
Plants & Animals
Polar bears are expert survivalists. Their noses are many times more powerful than a dog’s, and they can sniff out
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 04, 2019
Plants & Animals
Lions sport a reputation as one of nature’s fiercest beasts, but have you ever wondered what makes them such renow
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 03, 2019
Plants & Animals
Animals can be tricky to understand because they can’t speak to us in a form of communication that we can easily c
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 31, 2019
Microbiology
Some people are affected by a syndrome in which their gut microbes generate enough alcohol to cause symptoms of intoxica
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 29, 2019
Plants & Animals
Skuas are notorious for snatching the eggs away from penguins for a meal. But as you might come to expect, the victim is
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 29, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Is Napier grass the win-win that East Africa is looking for? The native grass species has the potential to boost nutriti
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 29, 2019
Health & Medicine
If you need yet another reason to improve your diet, scientists have discovered that a majority of healthy foods also ha
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
OCT 28, 2019
Plants & Animals
Mother nature isn’t kind to wildlife; many assume their position as either the prey or the predator depending on t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 28, 2019
Health & Medicine
There’s more great news for avocado lovers! The beloved tree fruit has undoubtedly skyrocketed in popularity over
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
OCT 27, 2019
Plants & Animals
The humble hyena is often depicted as dim-witted, but as the scientific facts would show, that couldn’t be farther
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard