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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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SEP 07, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Aging has long been a bane of human existence and people seem to have tried everything to delay or stop it. Resear ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 07, 2016Neuroscience
The Mediterranean diet is one that is known to be heart healthy. Study after study has shown that eating a diet that is ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 06, 2016Cancer
A common trace element may influence liver cancer risks, researchers from Germany reported. Specifically, the study foun ...SEP 06, 2016Plants & Animals
It was a normal day above the ocean, but scientists would soon realize that after sending an observation sub up to 2,000 ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 06, 2016Videos
We've all heard of the age-old advice, "Drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water a day" for good health. For reference that' ...SEP 01, 2016Immunology
Special viruses called bacteriophage infect bacteria, but they don’t always kill their target. In fact, a recent d ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 31, 2016Microbiology
Researchers from the University of Minnesota uncovered startling differences between the gut microbiomes of captive and ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 29, 2016Videos
Lots of people get enjoyment out of feeding wild birds and ducks, primarily with stale or uneaten white bread that might ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 29, 2016Cancer
A recent study recently found that being overweight is now linked to 8 more cancers, including stomach and pancreatic ca ...AUG 24, 2016Immunology
Image Credit: iStockphoto Preschool children with a peanut allergy were able to start eating peanuts after taking part i ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)AUG 24, 2016Neuroscience
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and autism are both names for a group of complex disorders of brain development. These di ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 23, 2016Immunology
Too much inflammation lies at the root of many diseases, one being atherosclerosis. In a new study from Michigan State U ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 20, 2016Microbiology
Honey bee viruses. It’s safe to say that’s the first time I’ve strung those three words together. Hone ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 18, 2016Videos
Across the globe, women are outliving men, and not by a small margin either. According to the latest report by the Cente ...AUG 16, 2016Cardiology
Image Credit: iStockphoto A protein called IGF-1, which is found in high levels in young people, might offer a way to pr ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)AUG 15, 2016Plants & Animals
Zoos are a place where the public can visit unique animals and learn more about them. Animals inside of zoos are typical ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 15, 2016Cardiology
Image Credit: Anssi Koskinen/Flickr There’s currently no treatment for cardiac fibrosis, a leading cause of heart ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)AUG 09, 2016Plants & Animals
Humans have been using tools for thousands of years; we’ve found ways to craft them out of the elements that make ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 06, 2016Health & Medicine
As I sat at my dining room table eating an entire bag of lychees with my girlfriends, I began to question whether or not ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetJUL 30, 2016Plants & Animals
Cats are among some of the most popular house pets in the world, right beside dogs, but many of them are very much outdo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 29, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Wheat sensitivity and gluten free foods have become a popular topic subject to a lot of debate. While celiac disease has ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 29, 2016Cancer
Cancer is thought to be an affliction of modern age – a result of exposure to environmental and dietary carcinogen ...JUL 28, 2016Videos
A study of almost 1700 patients who had bowel cancer shows that those who had diets higher in Omega 3 fatty acids (commo ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 25, 2016Plants & Animals
It’s no doubt that the world eats a whole lot of fish, but the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organiza ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
SEP 07, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Aging has long been a bane of human existence and people seem to have tried everything to delay or stop it. Resear
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2016
Neuroscience
The Mediterranean diet is one that is known to be heart healthy. Study after study has shown that eating a diet that is
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 06, 2016
Cancer
A common trace element may influence liver cancer risks, researchers from Germany reported. Specifically, the study foun
...
SEP 06, 2016
Plants & Animals
It was a normal day above the ocean, but scientists would soon realize that after sending an observation sub up to 2,000
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 06, 2016
Videos
We've all heard of the age-old advice, "Drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water a day" for good health. For reference that'
...
SEP 01, 2016
Immunology
Special viruses called bacteriophage infect bacteria, but they don’t always kill their target. In fact, a recent d
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 31, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers from the University of Minnesota uncovered startling differences between the gut microbiomes of captive and
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 29, 2016
Videos
Lots of people get enjoyment out of feeding wild birds and ducks, primarily with stale or uneaten white bread that might
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 29, 2016
Cancer
A recent study recently found that being overweight is now linked to 8 more cancers, including stomach and pancreatic ca
...
AUG 24, 2016
Immunology
Image Credit: iStockphoto Preschool children with a peanut allergy were able to start eating peanuts after taking part i
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
AUG 24, 2016
Neuroscience
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and autism are both names for a group of complex disorders of brain development. These di
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 23, 2016
Immunology
Too much inflammation lies at the root of many diseases, one being atherosclerosis. In a new study from Michigan State U
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 20, 2016
Microbiology
Honey bee viruses. It’s safe to say that’s the first time I’ve strung those three words together. Hone
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 18, 2016
Videos
Across the globe, women are outliving men, and not by a small margin either. According to the latest report by the Cente
...
AUG 16, 2016
Cardiology
Image Credit: iStockphoto A protein called IGF-1, which is found in high levels in young people, might offer a way to pr
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
AUG 15, 2016
Plants & Animals
Zoos are a place where the public can visit unique animals and learn more about them. Animals inside of zoos are typical
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 15, 2016
Cardiology
Image Credit: Anssi Koskinen/Flickr There’s currently no treatment for cardiac fibrosis, a leading cause of heart
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
AUG 09, 2016
Plants & Animals
Humans have been using tools for thousands of years; we’ve found ways to craft them out of the elements that make
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 06, 2016
Health & Medicine
As I sat at my dining room table eating an entire bag of lychees with my girlfriends, I began to question whether or not
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
JUL 30, 2016
Plants & Animals
Cats are among some of the most popular house pets in the world, right beside dogs, but many of them are very much outdo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 29, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Wheat sensitivity and gluten free foods have become a popular topic subject to a lot of debate. While celiac disease has
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 29, 2016
Cancer
Cancer is thought to be an affliction of modern age – a result of exposure to environmental and dietary carcinogen
...
JUL 28, 2016
Videos
A study of almost 1700 patients who had bowel cancer shows that those who had diets higher in Omega 3 fatty acids (commo
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 25, 2016
Plants & Animals
It’s no doubt that the world eats a whole lot of fish, but the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organiza
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard