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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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NOV 27, 2018Plants & Animals
A curious team of researchers from the University of British Columbia was purportedly studying Anelosimus eximius spider ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 26, 2018Plants & Animals
Smaller mammals, especially rodents, are rather low on the universal food chain. Due to the nature of their bite-sized p ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 25, 2018Plants & Animals
Snails have particular food preferences that dictate what they will and won’t eat, just like any other animal out ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 24, 2018Plants & Animals
Being a dad isn’t always smooth sailing, but compared to a plethora of different species in the animal kingdom, hu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 23, 2018Health & Medicine
Scientists have found yet another link between obesity and cancer. Obesity has long been known to increase the risk of c ...Written By: Aleishia Harris-ArnoldNOV 23, 2018Videos
The USDA announced that Jennie-O has recalled about 147,276 pounds of its ground raw turkey products.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 21, 2018Health & Medicine
Thanksgiving is upon us! Time to count your blessings, show gratitude and to celebrate with friends and family. Traditio ...Written By: Liat Ben-SeniorNOV 20, 2018Plants & Animals
When a deceased sperm whale washed up on the shore of an Indonesian park, officials sought expert help for answers. Not ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 20, 2018Cardiology
You may recall hearing at some point that there are “good fats“ and “bad fats.“ What does that r ...Written By: Abbie ArceNOV 19, 2018Plants & Animals
Defecation is a natural process that occurs in all living animals. The majority deposit fecal matter in the shape of rou ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 19, 2018Microbiology
Researchers have shown that lifestyle changes have a rapid and significant influence on the human gut microbiome.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 17, 2018Cardiology
There are a number of risk factors for heart disease. Many of them are within our control such as a healthy diet and bei ...Written By: Abbie ArceNOV 16, 2018Health & Medicine
November is Diabetes Awareness Month and November 14 is recognized globally as World Diabetes Day. Learn more about dia ...Written By: Liat Ben-SeniorNOV 16, 2018Microbiology
Gluten-free diets have exploded in popularity in recent years, even for people who don't have documented food allergies.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 14, 2018Plants & Animals
If you’re like me, then you probably hate it when flies land on your food. But why is it such a big deal anyway? W ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 13, 2018Health & Medicine
The post-industrialized world may have increased our standard of living, but a new study suggests that it may have also ...Written By: Aleishia Harris-ArnoldNOV 13, 2018Microbiology
High-fiber diets are linked to better health, including healthier hearts and arteries, but why?Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 13, 2018Immunology
A team of researchers surveys the mutualistic relationship between gut bacteria and host in regards to gut inflammation ...Written By: Nicholas BreehlNOV 13, 2018Plants & Animals
It’s not too often that conservationists get the chance to share a successful conservation story, but as it would ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 12, 2018Health & Medicine
Cancer therapy works differently in different people. Understanding what effects the individual body's response to treat ...Written By: Aswini KannegantiNOV 07, 2018Immunology
A link between inflammation and the circadian rhythm has been determined in mouse models. High-fat-diets may be the caus ...Written By: Nicholas BreehlNOV 06, 2018Plants & Animals
The bald eagle is an incredible creature, not just for its beauty, but also because of its astonishing eyesight capabili ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 06, 2018Plants & Animals
It’s no secret that bats enjoy munching on moths when they’re feeling a bit hungry, but one thing that has a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 06, 2018Microbiology
A move to the United States is extremely disruptive to health of a person's gut microbial community, researchers have fo ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
NOV 27, 2018
Plants & Animals
A curious team of researchers from the University of British Columbia was purportedly studying Anelosimus eximius spider
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 26, 2018
Plants & Animals
Smaller mammals, especially rodents, are rather low on the universal food chain. Due to the nature of their bite-sized p
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 25, 2018
Plants & Animals
Snails have particular food preferences that dictate what they will and won’t eat, just like any other animal out
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 24, 2018
Plants & Animals
Being a dad isn’t always smooth sailing, but compared to a plethora of different species in the animal kingdom, hu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 23, 2018
Health & Medicine
Scientists have found yet another link between obesity and cancer. Obesity has long been known to increase the risk of c
...
Written By:
Aleishia Harris-Arnold
NOV 23, 2018
Videos
The USDA announced that Jennie-O has recalled about 147,276 pounds of its ground raw turkey products.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 21, 2018
Health & Medicine
Thanksgiving is upon us! Time to count your blessings, show gratitude and to celebrate with friends and family. Traditio
...
Written By:
Liat Ben-Senior
NOV 20, 2018
Plants & Animals
When a deceased sperm whale washed up on the shore of an Indonesian park, officials sought expert help for answers. Not
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 20, 2018
Cardiology
You may recall hearing at some point that there are “good fats“ and “bad fats.“ What does that r
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
NOV 19, 2018
Plants & Animals
Defecation is a natural process that occurs in all living animals. The majority deposit fecal matter in the shape of rou
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 19, 2018
Microbiology
Researchers have shown that lifestyle changes have a rapid and significant influence on the human gut microbiome.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 17, 2018
Cardiology
There are a number of risk factors for heart disease. Many of them are within our control such as a healthy diet and bei
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
NOV 16, 2018
Health & Medicine
November is Diabetes Awareness Month and November 14 is recognized globally as World Diabetes Day. Learn more about dia
...
Written By:
Liat Ben-Senior
NOV 16, 2018
Microbiology
Gluten-free diets have exploded in popularity in recent years, even for people who don't have documented food allergies.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2018
Plants & Animals
If you’re like me, then you probably hate it when flies land on your food. But why is it such a big deal anyway? W
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 13, 2018
Health & Medicine
The post-industrialized world may have increased our standard of living, but a new study suggests that it may have also
...
Written By:
Aleishia Harris-Arnold
NOV 13, 2018
Microbiology
High-fiber diets are linked to better health, including healthier hearts and arteries, but why?
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 13, 2018
Immunology
A team of researchers surveys the mutualistic relationship between gut bacteria and host in regards to gut inflammation
...
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
NOV 13, 2018
Plants & Animals
It’s not too often that conservationists get the chance to share a successful conservation story, but as it would
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 12, 2018
Health & Medicine
Cancer therapy works differently in different people. Understanding what effects the individual body's response to treat
...
Written By:
Aswini Kanneganti
NOV 07, 2018
Immunology
A link between inflammation and the circadian rhythm has been determined in mouse models. High-fat-diets may be the caus
...
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
NOV 06, 2018
Plants & Animals
The bald eagle is an incredible creature, not just for its beauty, but also because of its astonishing eyesight capabili
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 06, 2018
Plants & Animals
It’s no secret that bats enjoy munching on moths when they’re feeling a bit hungry, but one thing that has a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 06, 2018
Microbiology
A move to the United States is extremely disruptive to health of a person's gut microbial community, researchers have fo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch