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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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AUG 27, 2017Videos
For Nazca boobies, a seabird that inhabits the Galapagos islands, there is no sympathy among siblings; these birds pract ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 26, 2017Immunology
The body can’t make omega-3 fatty acids on its own, which is why nutrition scientists stress the importance of obt ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 26, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Too much of anything can be a bad thing. In the case of protein and protein supplements, too much can be fatal. The New ...AUG 25, 2017Cancer
Nearly half of American adults take some form of daily vitamin. The market is saturated with a dizzying selection of bra ...AUG 22, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
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Your gut is a long way from your brain, but problems with your gut microbiome could lead to problems with your brain by ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 15, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
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An intricate relationship between the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and the part of the brain that senses smell contribute ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 04, 2017Plants & Animals
Animals eat food because they’re in constant need of nutrition replenishment and energy to survive. On the other h ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 03, 2017Neuroscience
"It's all in your head!" Many people say this when they think of diet, exercise or kicking a bad habit. It ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 02, 2017Videos
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Since the sequencing of the human genome, researchers have been trying to find out how to link genetic information and i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 30, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
A study has delved into the mechanisms behind the purported benefits of green tea.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 30, 2017Videos
Some bad news for the men out there: a new study has found that both the sperm count and concentration in men around the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 28, 2017Microbiology
“You are what you eat” is the saying. How about “You are what your gut microbes tell you to eat” ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 26, 2017Cancer
Although overall cancer risks are on the decline, the African American group still has the highest cancer death rate of ...JUL 25, 2017Microbiology
New research has linked lower rates of irritable bowel disorder (IBD) with children living in rural households.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 18, 2017Cancer
Statins are often prescribed to help lower cholesterol levels, especially for patients at high risk for coronary heart d ...JUL 13, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Some people often joke that they don’t need to actually eat the food to gain the weight – that just sniffing ...
AUG 27, 2017
Videos
For Nazca boobies, a seabird that inhabits the Galapagos islands, there is no sympathy among siblings; these birds pract
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 26, 2017
Immunology
The body can’t make omega-3 fatty acids on its own, which is why nutrition scientists stress the importance of obt
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 26, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Too much of anything can be a bad thing. In the case of protein and protein supplements, too much can be fatal. The New
...
AUG 25, 2017
Cancer
Nearly half of American adults take some form of daily vitamin. The market is saturated with a dizzying selection of bra
...
AUG 22, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Almonds have been known to lower levels of bad cholesterol, new works shows they may have other benefits.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 22, 2017
Microbiology
Your gut is a long way from your brain, but problems with your gut microbiome could lead to problems with your brain by
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 15, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
An estimated 7.9 million babies are born every year with birth defects. In efforts to understand the causes of these def
...
AUG 09, 2017
Immunology
Too much inflammation in the gut triggers inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). There are immune cells specifically designed
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 09, 2017
Plants & Animals
Conservationists track a broad range of animals in the wild with GPS trackers, and penguins are no different. On the oth
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 07, 2017
Videos
On some level, we intuitively know that calories in is much easier than calories out. That is, we can easily consume 400
...
AUG 04, 2017
Microbiology
As more is learned about the microbes of the gastrointestinal tract, the more it's confirmed that they have a powerful i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2017
Immunology
An intricate relationship between the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and the part of the brain that senses smell contribute
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 04, 2017
Plants & Animals
Animals eat food because they’re in constant need of nutrition replenishment and energy to survive. On the other h
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 03, 2017
Neuroscience
"It's all in your head!" Many people say this when they think of diet, exercise or kicking a bad habit. It
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 02, 2017
Videos
Climate change is something scientists all over the globe are working to combat. One of the contributing factors to the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 01, 2017
Videos
Along with hot beach days and lazy, humid nights, summer brings certain foods. Ice cream, watermelon, burgers on the gri
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 31, 2017
Videos
Since the sequencing of the human genome, researchers have been trying to find out how to link genetic information and i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 30, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
A study has delved into the mechanisms behind the purported benefits of green tea.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 30, 2017
Videos
Some bad news for the men out there: a new study has found that both the sperm count and concentration in men around the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 28, 2017
Microbiology
“You are what you eat” is the saying. How about “You are what your gut microbes tell you to eat”
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 26, 2017
Cancer
Although overall cancer risks are on the decline, the African American group still has the highest cancer death rate of
...
JUL 25, 2017
Microbiology
New research has linked lower rates of irritable bowel disorder (IBD) with children living in rural households.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 18, 2017
Cancer
Statins are often prescribed to help lower cholesterol levels, especially for patients at high risk for coronary heart d
...
JUL 13, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Some people often joke that they don’t need to actually eat the food to gain the weight – that just sniffing
...