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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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APR 30, 2018Cardiology
Life expectancy has improved for Americans over the past 50 years, but researchers involved in a new study theorize that ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 26, 2018Health & Medicine
While it's necessary to get enough vitamin D in your diet or from the sun, there's another reason some experts a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 24, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Moderation is key in the consumption of artificial sweeteners if obesity and diabetes are to be avoided.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 21, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
The precursors that specialize to become fat cells can be rapidly altered by environmental factors, like fatty food inta ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 19, 2018Microbiology
New research has suggested that the microbes carried by dogs and humans are very similar.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 19, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Men who carry this gene variation aren't impacted in the same way. Incredibly, in women, the effect also depends on whet ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 17, 2018Cardiology
Scientists from Brazil have confirmed that listening to music in the hour following the administration of drugs designed ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 16, 2018Immunology
The repercussions of an infection with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) may not end with mononucleosis, “mono” or &l ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 13, 2018Genetics & Genomics
While people carry the same set of genes, there can be small variations within those genes that influence our biology.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 12, 2018Health & Medicine
Meditation is a way for some to tune out all the stress and noise of daily life and calm the mind. There has been some r ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 11, 2018Microbiology
We now know that a vast community of microbes lives in our guts; they may be influencing whether or not we gain weight.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 10, 2018Health & Medicine
Nutrition experts and healthcare providers alike agree that a diet that is limited in red meat is healthier. Lowering in ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 09, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Obesity is the second-leading preventable cause of cancer. Scientists are trying to learn more about how fat cells can p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 07, 2018Cardiology
The immune cells that are partly responsible for clogging arteries in a disease called atherosclerosis are under investi ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 03, 2018Plants & Animals
Monarch butterflies are some of the world’s most beautiful insects, but they’re experiencing rather tough ti ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 02, 2018Cancer
A deeper look at coffee and acrylamide presence as California law evaluates requirement for placement of cancer causing ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanAPR 01, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Investigators at Michigan State University in East Lansing are finding new ways to treat cancer. For one, they are inter ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 31, 2018Cardiology
Limiting the number of calories you eat is a simple way to stay healthy, but its implementation couldn’t be harder ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 29, 2018Health & Medicine
We have to eat to sustain our bodies, and a healthy diet is best, but when it comes down to food choices, we all want so ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 28, 2018Plants & Animals
Sea turtles use their flippers to swim around as they peruse the marine environment. On the other hand, new research pub ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 27, 2018Health & Medicine
Eat less, look younger? Well, it's not quite that easy, but there is new research on calorie restriction and aging. ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 26, 2018Plants & Animals
New research published in the journal Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology this month by researchers from the Switzerland ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 23, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
The artificial sweetener affects intestinal cells, and microbes that live in the gut.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 21, 2018Plants & Animals
When you fancy a nut, chances are you’ll find a nutcracker and go to town to reach the prize inside. But did you k ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
APR 30, 2018
Cardiology
Life expectancy has improved for Americans over the past 50 years, but researchers involved in a new study theorize that
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 26, 2018
Health & Medicine
While it's necessary to get enough vitamin D in your diet or from the sun, there's another reason some experts a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 24, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Moderation is key in the consumption of artificial sweeteners if obesity and diabetes are to be avoided.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 21, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
The precursors that specialize to become fat cells can be rapidly altered by environmental factors, like fatty food inta
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 19, 2018
Microbiology
New research has suggested that the microbes carried by dogs and humans are very similar.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 19, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Men who carry this gene variation aren't impacted in the same way. Incredibly, in women, the effect also depends on whet
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 17, 2018
Cardiology
Scientists from Brazil have confirmed that listening to music in the hour following the administration of drugs designed
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 16, 2018
Immunology
The repercussions of an infection with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) may not end with mononucleosis, “mono” or &l
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 13, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
While people carry the same set of genes, there can be small variations within those genes that influence our biology.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 12, 2018
Health & Medicine
Meditation is a way for some to tune out all the stress and noise of daily life and calm the mind. There has been some r
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 11, 2018
Microbiology
We now know that a vast community of microbes lives in our guts; they may be influencing whether or not we gain weight.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 10, 2018
Health & Medicine
Nutrition experts and healthcare providers alike agree that a diet that is limited in red meat is healthier. Lowering in
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 09, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Obesity is the second-leading preventable cause of cancer. Scientists are trying to learn more about how fat cells can p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 07, 2018
Cardiology
The immune cells that are partly responsible for clogging arteries in a disease called atherosclerosis are under investi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 03, 2018
Plants & Animals
Monarch butterflies are some of the world’s most beautiful insects, but they’re experiencing rather tough ti
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 02, 2018
Cancer
A deeper look at coffee and acrylamide presence as California law evaluates requirement for placement of cancer causing
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
APR 01, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Investigators at Michigan State University in East Lansing are finding new ways to treat cancer. For one, they are inter
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 31, 2018
Cardiology
Limiting the number of calories you eat is a simple way to stay healthy, but its implementation couldn’t be harder
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 29, 2018
Health & Medicine
We have to eat to sustain our bodies, and a healthy diet is best, but when it comes down to food choices, we all want so
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 28, 2018
Plants & Animals
Sea turtles use their flippers to swim around as they peruse the marine environment. On the other hand, new research pub
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 27, 2018
Health & Medicine
Eat less, look younger? Well, it's not quite that easy, but there is new research on calorie restriction and aging.
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 26, 2018
Plants & Animals
New research published in the journal Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology this month by researchers from the Switzerland
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 23, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
The artificial sweetener affects intestinal cells, and microbes that live in the gut.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 21, 2018
Plants & Animals
When you fancy a nut, chances are you’ll find a nutcracker and go to town to reach the prize inside. But did you k
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard