Follow
Diet
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.
-
DEC 12, 2017Videos
Getting enough sleep is essential to staying healthy. The body needs to rest and recharge, but because of work schedules ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 12, 2017Health & 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 KimDEC 02, 2017Genetics & 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 LeitchNOV 30, 2017Plants & Animals
Although uncommon, there are a handful of incidents where animal researchers get a chance to study interspecific relatio ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 29, 2017Health & Medicine
Unexplained bouts of anaphylaxis, a serious allergic reaction, could be a direct result of a rare allergy to meat origin ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 28, 2017Cell & 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 LeitchNOV 28, 2017Infographics
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 EllisNOV 28, 2017Health & 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 KimNOV 28, 2017Cardiology
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 MarkerNOV 24, 2017Health & 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 KimNOV 23, 2017Cardiology
Two diets that independently lower blood pressure have a greater synergistic effect on blood pressure when combined. Fro ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 23, 2017Cell & 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 LeitchNOV 21, 2017Videos
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 BouchardNOV 17, 2017Health & 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 KimNOV 16, 2017Videos
There are some foods that contain bacteria-fighting properties. For example, essential oils and extracts from plants are ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 15, 2017Videos
Losing weight can be an ongoing struggle for some people. While maintaining overall health means staying at the best wei ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 15, 2017Health & Medicine
Weight loss can be a challenge, but staying at a healthy size and BMI is a vital part of staying well. There are all sor ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 12, 2017Cardiology
Consistently high blood pressure is an infamous warning sign for future heart problems, but the newest study from the In ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 11, 2017Videos
In the past several years gluten-free foods have been more popular than ever. Just peruse a grocery store aisle and you' ...NOV 09, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Eat your spinach or you may risk losing your hearing, suggests a study. In examining a large cohort of over 300,000 peop ...NOV 09, 2017Plants & Animals
Climate change can have a larger impact on animals around the globe than we realize, and a new study published in the jo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 09, 2017Videos
Eating a balanced diet is essential for staying active and healthy, but recent research shows that it's not only what we ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 09, 2017Health & Medicine
When considering a healthy diet, milk can be an important part of what we eat and drink every day. It contains calc ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 08, 2017Cancer
According to a medical review, the power to reduce the risk of breast cancer recurring could well be within a patient&rs ...
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
NOV 16, 2017
Videos
There are some foods that contain bacteria-fighting properties. For example, essential oils and extracts from plants are
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 15, 2017
Videos
Losing weight can be an ongoing struggle for some people. While maintaining overall health means staying at the best wei
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 15, 2017
Health & Medicine
Weight loss can be a challenge, but staying at a healthy size and BMI is a vital part of staying well. There are all sor
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 12, 2017
Cardiology
Consistently high blood pressure is an infamous warning sign for future heart problems, but the newest study from the In
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 11, 2017
Videos
In the past several years gluten-free foods have been more popular than ever. Just peruse a grocery store aisle and you'
...
NOV 09, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Eat your spinach or you may risk losing your hearing, suggests a study. In examining a large cohort of over 300,000 peop
...
NOV 09, 2017
Plants & Animals
Climate change can have a larger impact on animals around the globe than we realize, and a new study published in the jo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 09, 2017
Videos
Eating a balanced diet is essential for staying active and healthy, but recent research shows that it's not only what we
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 09, 2017
Health & Medicine
When considering a healthy diet, milk can be an important part of what we eat and drink every day. It contains calc
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 08, 2017
Cancer
According to a medical review, the power to reduce the risk of breast cancer recurring could well be within a patient&rs
...