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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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JAN 03, 2019Cardiology
If you are like many people, you may have committed to losing weight when setting your New Year’s resolution. Mayb ...Written By: Abbie ArceJAN 02, 2019Plants & Animals
Hummingbirds are seemingly peaceful creatures; with their long, flexible bills, they’re continuously sipping necta ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 31, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Research has established that the development of cancer in connected to lifestyle choices like poor diet and low exercis ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 23, 2018Microbiology
The bacteria of the gut microbiome have a powerful influence on human health, and new research has elucidated one mechan ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 21, 2018Microbiology
The gut microbiome has many important functions, including helping us digest food. But it has to protect itself from the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 18, 2018Technology
Obesity is considered a rising epidemic affecting more than 700 million adults and children. Measures to control obesity ...Written By: Nouran AminDEC 16, 2018Videos
The diet of an average American consists of over 35 percent fat - more than what is recommended by the USDA.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 12, 2018Plants & Animals
Researchers are astounded after discovering what they claim to be the fastest-known animal movement on record. The findi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 12, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
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Interspecific mutualism – when two different animal species depend on one another for survival – can be foun ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 28, 2018Microbiology
There are some well-known bacterial pathogens that can present a major threat to health, but a lesser-known microbe may ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 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 Bouchard
JAN 03, 2019
Cardiology
If you are like many people, you may have committed to losing weight when setting your New Year’s resolution. Mayb
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
JAN 02, 2019
Plants & Animals
Hummingbirds are seemingly peaceful creatures; with their long, flexible bills, they’re continuously sipping necta
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 31, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Research has established that the development of cancer in connected to lifestyle choices like poor diet and low exercis
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 23, 2018
Microbiology
The bacteria of the gut microbiome have a powerful influence on human health, and new research has elucidated one mechan
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 21, 2018
Microbiology
The gut microbiome has many important functions, including helping us digest food. But it has to protect itself from the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 18, 2018
Technology
Obesity is considered a rising epidemic affecting more than 700 million adults and children. Measures to control obesity
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 16, 2018
Videos
The diet of an average American consists of over 35 percent fat - more than what is recommended by the USDA.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 12, 2018
Plants & Animals
Researchers are astounded after discovering what they claim to be the fastest-known animal movement on record. The findi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 12, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
For decades, we've known that red meat is a risk factor for heart disease. Now, researchers at the Cleveland Clinic know
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 09, 2018
Microbiology
Many products that purport to change the microbiome have entered the market. But first we have to know what a healthy mi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 04, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Many people dream of being able to eat the foods they want without having to worry about weight gain. New research shows
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 03, 2018
Plants & Animals
Spiders are well-known for their eight-legged stature and creepy web-spinning behavior, but despite everything we think
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 29, 2018
Cardiology
Japanese people are among the longest-living individuals in the world, and it’s very likely that a majority of the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 28, 2018
Plants & Animals
We often associate wildfires with destruction and devastation, but horrendous damages aside, what happens to all the ani
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 28, 2018
Plants & Animals
Interspecific mutualism – when two different animal species depend on one another for survival – can be foun
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 28, 2018
Microbiology
There are some well-known bacterial pathogens that can present a major threat to health, but a lesser-known microbe may
...
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