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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.
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DEC 29, 2016Plants & Animals
Reindeer, an iconic mammal of the Winter season and well-known for pulling Santa’s sleigh for Christmas, are repor ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 27, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Obesity is a common epidemic worldwide, but scientists are now bringing to light an associated health issue, fatty liver ...Written By: Jennifer EllisDEC 27, 2016Plants & Animals
Killer whales have a good reputation with humans as being large and friendly sea mammals, and they’ve been known t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 26, 2016Health & Medicine
The same cells that help arteries contract and relax to push blood to the heart and brain fall victim to malfunctioning, ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 24, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
A diet that contains a lot of fat is known to be a poor choice for good heath in part because it can cause metabolic syn ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 18, 2016Microbiology
A vast community of microbes lives in symbiosis with the human body, many of which reside in the gastrointestinal tract. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 18, 2016Cancer
The newest leukemia research findings suggest that intermittent fasting may literally starve the cancer cells too. The s ...DEC 14, 2016Cardiology
The pulmonary vasculature are the first blood vessels to encounter polluted air that is breathed in, and a dual-action s ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 13, 2016Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – December 13, 2016 – Diet composition around the time of pregnancy may influence whether offsp ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)DEC 13, 2016Plants & Animals
Large snakes have been known to devour large meals, but perhaps this one tips the scales. Burmese Pythons, which are an ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 09, 2016Cardiology
A daily dose of yoga could help prevent high blood pressure, a new study finds. Based on their research, scientists are ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 08, 2016Cancer
To uproot itself and start seeding tumors in other parts of the body, cancer cells must have enough energy for the journ ...DEC 07, 2016Health & Medicine
JUPITER, FL – December 7, 2016 – Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)DEC 03, 2016Microbiology
Animals live in symbiosis with microorganisms, and that concept was established as early as the nineteenth century ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 02, 2016Videos
Despite advances in cancer treatment and better screenings, rates of mouth cancers are on the rise. According to recent ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 30, 2016Plants & Animals
European rabbits are making themselves right at home on the continent of Australia. Although they’re not native to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 29, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Scurvy, a disease that historically afflicted sailors, appears to be making a comeback in Australia. While modern ...NOV 28, 2016Cardiology
One of the last existing populations of hunter-gatherers on Earth provide the rawest example of how vital exercise is fo ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 23, 2016Microbiology
There is a rich community of microbes residing in the gastrointestinal tracts of animals including humans, the microbiom ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 23, 2016Neuroscience
It’s almost time to belly up to the table and start wolfing down a huge meal. It’s part of a Thanksgiving tr ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 22, 2016Plants & Animals
A unique kind of lizard known as the thorny devil, or also called the thorny dragon, is able to live in intensely dry an ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 19, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
A trace of us is left on everything we come into contact with, in the form of microbes and trace amounts of chemicals. R ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 18, 2016Cardiology
Whether you’re young or young at heart, ditching the typical Western diet for a produce-based Mediterranean diet c ...Written By: Kara Marker
DEC 29, 2016
Plants & Animals
Reindeer, an iconic mammal of the Winter season and well-known for pulling Santa’s sleigh for Christmas, are repor
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 27, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Obesity is a common epidemic worldwide, but scientists are now bringing to light an associated health issue, fatty liver
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
DEC 27, 2016
Plants & Animals
Killer whales have a good reputation with humans as being large and friendly sea mammals, and they’ve been known t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 26, 2016
Health & Medicine
The same cells that help arteries contract and relax to push blood to the heart and brain fall victim to malfunctioning,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 24, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
A diet that contains a lot of fat is known to be a poor choice for good heath in part because it can cause metabolic syn
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 18, 2016
Microbiology
A vast community of microbes lives in symbiosis with the human body, many of which reside in the gastrointestinal tract.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 18, 2016
Cancer
The newest leukemia research findings suggest that intermittent fasting may literally starve the cancer cells too. The s
...
DEC 14, 2016
Cardiology
The pulmonary vasculature are the first blood vessels to encounter polluted air that is breathed in, and a dual-action s
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 13, 2016
Health & Medicine
LA JOLLA, CA – December 13, 2016 – Diet composition around the time of pregnancy may influence whether offsp
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
DEC 13, 2016
Plants & Animals
Large snakes have been known to devour large meals, but perhaps this one tips the scales. Burmese Pythons, which are an
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 09, 2016
Cardiology
A daily dose of yoga could help prevent high blood pressure, a new study finds. Based on their research, scientists are
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 08, 2016
Cancer
To uproot itself and start seeding tumors in other parts of the body, cancer cells must have enough energy for the journ
...
DEC 07, 2016
Health & Medicine
JUPITER, FL – December 7, 2016 – Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
DEC 03, 2016
Microbiology
Animals live in symbiosis with microorganisms, and that concept was established as early as the nineteenth century
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 02, 2016
Videos
Despite advances in cancer treatment and better screenings, rates of mouth cancers are on the rise. According to recent
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 30, 2016
Plants & Animals
European rabbits are making themselves right at home on the continent of Australia. Although they’re not native to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 29, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scurvy, a disease that historically afflicted sailors, appears to be making a comeback in Australia. While modern
...
NOV 28, 2016
Cardiology
One of the last existing populations of hunter-gatherers on Earth provide the rawest example of how vital exercise is fo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 23, 2016
Microbiology
There is a rich community of microbes residing in the gastrointestinal tracts of animals including humans, the microbiom
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 23, 2016
Neuroscience
It’s almost time to belly up to the table and start wolfing down a huge meal. It’s part of a Thanksgiving tr
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 22, 2016
Plants & Animals
A unique kind of lizard known as the thorny devil, or also called the thorny dragon, is able to live in intensely dry an
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 19, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
A trace of us is left on everything we come into contact with, in the form of microbes and trace amounts of chemicals. R
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 18, 2016
Cardiology
Whether you’re young or young at heart, ditching the typical Western diet for a produce-based Mediterranean diet c
...
Written By:
Kara Marker