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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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SEP 17, 2019Plants & Animals
Polar bears necessitate lots of food to ensure their long-term survival, but many times, hunting prey isn’t easy. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 16, 2019Plants & Animals
Wolves work together in the wild to ensure the survival of the rest of their pack, and this includes their elders. Whene ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 16, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Around 50 million people have dementia worldwide, with 10 million new cases emerging each year (World Health Organizatio ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 15, 2019Cancer
Now here’s a question: have you eaten your mushrooms yet today? Although mushrooms may not be one of the typically ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 10, 2019Plants & Animals
It’s no secret that squirrels enjoy eating nuts, but a lesser known fact is that many of these cunning rodents als ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 09, 2019Microbiology
Bacterial communities can be vital partners to many living organisms, from humans beings to the white-throated woodrat.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 09, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
We all need some fat in our diets, but eating excess amounts of unhealthy fat has been linked to poor health outcomes.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 07, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Until recently, testing the age of dolphin involved extract a tooth, sawing it in half, and then counting the layers wit ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 07, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Major depressive disorder is a serious public health problem, thought to affect around seven percent of American adults ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 06, 2019Cardiology
In 2009, one in nine U.S. deaths included heart failure as contributing cause, according to the Centers for Disease Cont ...Written By: Julia TraversSEP 06, 2019Cancer
Researchers reveal more evidence that refined grains and sugars and processed meats are bad for colon health.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 05, 2019Health & Medicine
Dietary trends are consistently changing. However, the shift to plant-based or vegan diets is gaining momentum for healt ...Written By: Tiffany DazetSEP 04, 2019Cannabis Sciences
Following New York and California, Washington State has now banned hemp-derived CBD in food and beverages sold outside o ...Written By: Julia TraversSEP 04, 2019Earth & The Environment
Climate change impacts, most notably rising temperatures and changing precipitation patterns, are impacting agricultural ...Written By: Tiffany DazetSEP 04, 2019Health & Medicine
Microplastics have infiltrated the planet, from remote mountain regions to the deepest parts of the ocean. Because of th ...Written By: Tiffany DazetSEP 02, 2019Cancer
Stop! Put down those fries! Although we know that fried foods aren’t good for our health (though they sure do tast ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 02, 2019Microbiology
Now that we know so much more about the bacteria we carry in our bodies, it may be possible to start using that bacteria ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 02, 2019Plants & Animals
Virtually all mantids are known to science as carnivores, but perhaps unsurprisingly, some other creepy crawlies, such a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 01, 2019Plants & Animals
These young albatrosses must learn the official rules of ‘survival of the fittest.’ Once big enough, they wi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 29, 2019Cardiology
Recently published in JAMA, a new study sought to investigate national trends in deaths resulting from cardiometabolic d ...Written By: Abbie ArceAUG 29, 2019Cardiology
A new study published in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation explores the relationship between chil ...Written By: Julia TraversAUG 27, 2019Plants & Animals
The fringed jumping spider, also known as ‘portia’ to some, is renowned as one of the world’s smartest ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 27, 2019Health & Medicine
Do you see the glass half empty, or half full? If your answer is full, you may be in luck: Optimistic people live 11-15% ...Written By: Dr. Nina LichtenbergAUG 23, 2019Cancer
An apple a day keeps the doctor away? New research published in Nature Communications suggests that there might be some ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 17, 2019
Plants & Animals
Polar bears necessitate lots of food to ensure their long-term survival, but many times, hunting prey isn’t easy.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 16, 2019
Plants & Animals
Wolves work together in the wild to ensure the survival of the rest of their pack, and this includes their elders. Whene
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 16, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Around 50 million people have dementia worldwide, with 10 million new cases emerging each year (World Health Organizatio
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 15, 2019
Cancer
Now here’s a question: have you eaten your mushrooms yet today? Although mushrooms may not be one of the typically
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 10, 2019
Plants & Animals
It’s no secret that squirrels enjoy eating nuts, but a lesser known fact is that many of these cunning rodents als
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 09, 2019
Microbiology
Bacterial communities can be vital partners to many living organisms, from humans beings to the white-throated woodrat.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 09, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
We all need some fat in our diets, but eating excess amounts of unhealthy fat has been linked to poor health outcomes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Until recently, testing the age of dolphin involved extract a tooth, sawing it in half, and then counting the layers wit
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 07, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Major depressive disorder is a serious public health problem, thought to affect around seven percent of American adults
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 06, 2019
Cardiology
In 2009, one in nine U.S. deaths included heart failure as contributing cause, according to the Centers for Disease Cont
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
SEP 06, 2019
Cancer
Researchers reveal more evidence that refined grains and sugars and processed meats are bad for colon health.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 05, 2019
Health & Medicine
Dietary trends are consistently changing. However, the shift to plant-based or vegan diets is gaining momentum for healt
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
SEP 04, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
Following New York and California, Washington State has now banned hemp-derived CBD in food and beverages sold outside o
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
SEP 04, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Climate change impacts, most notably rising temperatures and changing precipitation patterns, are impacting agricultural
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
SEP 04, 2019
Health & Medicine
Microplastics have infiltrated the planet, from remote mountain regions to the deepest parts of the ocean. Because of th
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
SEP 02, 2019
Cancer
Stop! Put down those fries! Although we know that fried foods aren’t good for our health (though they sure do tast
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 02, 2019
Microbiology
Now that we know so much more about the bacteria we carry in our bodies, it may be possible to start using that bacteria
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 02, 2019
Plants & Animals
Virtually all mantids are known to science as carnivores, but perhaps unsurprisingly, some other creepy crawlies, such a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 01, 2019
Plants & Animals
These young albatrosses must learn the official rules of ‘survival of the fittest.’ Once big enough, they wi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 29, 2019
Cardiology
Recently published in JAMA, a new study sought to investigate national trends in deaths resulting from cardiometabolic d
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
AUG 29, 2019
Cardiology
A new study published in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation explores the relationship between chil
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
AUG 27, 2019
Plants & Animals
The fringed jumping spider, also known as ‘portia’ to some, is renowned as one of the world’s smartest
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 27, 2019
Health & Medicine
Do you see the glass half empty, or half full? If your answer is full, you may be in luck: Optimistic people live 11-15%
...
Written By:
Dr. Nina Lichtenberg
AUG 23, 2019
Cancer
An apple a day keeps the doctor away? New research published in Nature Communications suggests that there might be some
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan