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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 11, 2019Health & Medicine
Are you exposed to any artificial light while sleeping? Exposure to artificial light at night could be a risk factor for ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUN 11, 2019Health & Medicine
Young people are a target market for dietary supplements for weight loss, muscle building, energy, and more. A team of r ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUN 09, 2019Plants & Animals
When you think about a carnivorous (meat-eating) plant, the first thing that probably comes to mind is the infamous Venu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 05, 2019Plants & Animals
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Millions of Americans partake in the ‘Groundhog Day’ tradition, but should groundhogs really be anything to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 22, 2019Health & Medicine
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Heart disease kills more people worldwide than any other cause. In America, it is the number one reason people are admit ...Written By: Abbie ArceMAY 16, 2019Cancer
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Many things can disrupt the microbiome, like antibiotics or host genetics. But there are other influences at work.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 15, 2019Health & Medicine
We have all had it hammered into our heads. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It’s so common a beli ...Written By: Abbie ArceMAY 15, 2019Genetics & Genomics
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As we learn more about the effects of small changes in the genome, we are getting closer to personalizing treatments and ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUN 11, 2019
Health & Medicine
Are you exposed to any artificial light while sleeping? Exposure to artificial light at night could be a risk factor for
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUN 11, 2019
Health & Medicine
Young people are a target market for dietary supplements for weight loss, muscle building, energy, and more. A team of r
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUN 09, 2019
Plants & Animals
When you think about a carnivorous (meat-eating) plant, the first thing that probably comes to mind is the infamous Venu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 05, 2019
Plants & Animals
Elephants are some of the world’s most distinguishable animals, with their massive sizes and particularly long tru
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 05, 2019
Health & Medicine
You’ve probably heard of microplastics by now. If you haven’t, you’ve still likely and unknowingly ing
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUN 05, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
In a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience, an antidiabetic drug called metformin was found to alleviate anxiet
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 04, 2019
Plants & Animals
Different animals have different needs in their infantile stages, and with that in mind, it should come as no surprise t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 04, 2019
Health & Medicine
The Anxiety and Depression Association of America estimates that 18% of adults in the United States suffer from an anxie
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAY 31, 2019
Health & Medicine
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) estimates that air pollution kills more than 6 million people each year an
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAY 28, 2019
Plants & Animals
Fruit flies are rather annoying little things, not only because they make little buzzing noises and tickle you when they
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 24, 2019
Cardiology
Most of us believe that processed food is terrible for our health. You may be surprised to hear that a recent experiment
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
MAY 24, 2019
Cardiology
We know that over-consuming sugary drinks is not good for us. Regardless many of us still struggle to fight off that urg
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
MAY 24, 2019
Microbiology
Recent work has shown that people all over the world can improve their health and lower cancer risk by eating a more bal
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 23, 2019
Plants & Animals
Millions of Americans partake in the ‘Groundhog Day’ tradition, but should groundhogs really be anything to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 22, 2019
Health & Medicine
Our understanding of the gut-brain axis has increased significantly in the past decade with strong support by recen
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
MAY 21, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
The Klasies River Cave in South Africa has been the site of many archeological discoveries, including the remains of the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 21, 2019
Cardiology
Heart disease kills more people worldwide than any other cause. In America, it is the number one reason people are admit
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
MAY 16, 2019
Cancer
Results from an almost thirty-year clinical trial regarding women’s nutritional health and breast cancer were anno
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 15, 2019
Microbiology
Many things can disrupt the microbiome, like antibiotics or host genetics. But there are other influences at work.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 15, 2019
Health & Medicine
We have all had it hammered into our heads. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It’s so common a beli
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
MAY 15, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
How does the test work? How was it developed? What does the test tell us? Researchers have deve
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
MAY 12, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
The average human lifespan before the 1900’s was between 30 and 40 years old. It is now between 70 and 85 years ol
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 07, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Food should make us feel satisfied, and some foods may disrupt our ability to feel that satisfaction.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 06, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
As we learn more about the effects of small changes in the genome, we are getting closer to personalizing treatments and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch