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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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DEC 26, 2017
Videos
The largemouth bass sucks its prey into its mouth with a quick vacuum-like movement, but have you ever wondered how it w
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 26, 2017
Videos
It's not uncommon for people to have a tough time in the bathroom. While the majority of people average from one to thre
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 24, 2017
Cardiology
Instead of just adding more plant proteins to the diet, researchers suggest trading animal proteins for plant proteins.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 21, 2017
Cancer
Famous for its distinctive resemblance to a mini brain, the walnut is not only tasty, but also packs a punch in health b
...
DEC 18, 2017
Cardiology
Screening men with erectile dysfunction (ED) for traces of heart disease may help medical professionals reach low and in
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 15, 2017
Videos
The daily recommended protein serving is between 55-60 grams per day for a person of about 150 pounds. This amount can e
...
DEC 14, 2017
Videos
Nutritional studies have shown that almonds can lower bad cholesterol. It's now been suggested in research that almonds
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 14, 2017
Neuroscience
There are two forms of diabetes that most people are familiar with, Type 1 and Type 2. Type 1 is when a person is born w
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 13, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
There is a complicated relationship between stress and health; researchers have discovered a crucial link between stress
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 12, 2017
Plants & Animals
Most people have watched, or at least heard of, the movie Jaws. While it’s a classic fan-favorite film, it also pa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 12, 2017
Videos
Getting enough sleep is essential to staying healthy. The body needs to rest and recharge, but because of work schedules
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 12, 2017
Health & Medicine
Multiple sclerosis, MS, is a neurodegenerative disease that affects more than 400,000 people in the US. About 200 people
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 02, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers are trying to find out how to use genetic data to improve metabolic health; they are discovering diets are n
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 30, 2017
Plants & Animals
Although uncommon, there are a handful of incidents where animal researchers get a chance to study interspecific relatio
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 29, 2017
Health & Medicine
Unexplained bouts of anaphylaxis, a serious allergic reaction, could be a direct result of a rare allergy to meat origin
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 28, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Gluten has generated a lot of headlines for causing irritable bowel syndrome in recent years, but it may not be the righ
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 28, 2017
Infographics
Did you know that you can change what lives in your gut? The gut microbiome consists of the community of trillions of ba
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
NOV 28, 2017
Health & Medicine
Committing to healthy habits isn't as easy as it might sound. Everyone knows that eating a balanced diet, exercising
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 28, 2017
Cardiology
Most people would say they try to eat healthy and exercise often because they are trying to lose weight, but sometimes w
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 24, 2017
Health & Medicine
What you eat impacts your health. Thousands of studies show that a diet that includes whole grains, lean meat and fish,
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 23, 2017
Cardiology
Two diets that independently lower blood pressure have a greater synergistic effect on blood pressure when combined. Fro
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 23, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work by scientists at the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute has found that a familiar and beloved spice
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 21, 2017
Videos
The praying mantis is well-known for two things: 1) the posture that makes it look like the insect is praying, and 2) th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 17, 2017
Health & Medicine
The federal guidelines for a healthy diet are in place so that people know how much of which food groups will provide pr
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim