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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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JUN 25, 2016Plants & Animals
What if we told you that giant pandas don’t really have the high metabolisms that you’ve been told they had ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 22, 2016Immunology
Findings from a new research study might convince you to feed your gut microbiota a little better. The population of &ld ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 22, 2016Cardiology
The European Society of Cardiology recommends treatment for people with ischemic heart disease (IHD) to achieve low-dens ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 22, 2016Health & Medicine
Researchers have identified an increase of healthy dietary habits between 1999 and 2012. The data, however, also showed ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetJUN 21, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Investigating modifications to the oxytocin gene (OXT), researchers at the University of Georgia (UGA) have learned that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 19, 2016Plants & Animals
Kopi Luwak, otherwise known as the world’s most expensive coffee, is made from cat poop. Well, almost. It’s ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 18, 2016Plants & Animals
Orlando, Florida isn’t the only place in the world where large reptiles are reportedly attempting to consume human ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 18, 2016Microbiology
In a new issue, Science Translational Medicine presents two related papers that demonstrate variations in the gut microb ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 17, 2016Microbiology
Investigators at Baylor College of Medicine have reported in Cell that they reversed social deficits in mice by adding o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 16, 2016Plants & Animals
It was an unimaginably sad week for a family from Nebraska, who were vacationing in Orlando, Florida near a Disney Resor ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 16, 2016Cardiology
A massive study of the prevalence of coronary heart disease between 2001 and 2012 has revealed a variety of trends surro ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 10, 2016Microbiology
It’s been known for some time that the symbiotic relationship between a microbiome and the host requires a fine ba ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 09, 2016Microbiology
The human condition is often positively promoted by cooperation, and conversely, is impacted negatively by conflict. &nb ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 07, 2016Plants & Animals
A 23-year-old woman who was trying to enjoy a day at the beach in Boca Raton last month was hospitalized for something s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 31, 2016Cardiology
According to a Dutch study of 1,374 teenagers, children with a certain family history of cardiovascular disease and/or t ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 31, 2016Health & Medicine
Malnourishment encompasses both under- and overnutrition, and for the approximately five million children that die each ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 30, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
There’s a new hot vitamin on scientists’ minds right now, but it’s one not many people may be familiar ...MAY 30, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The health effects of fasting has become an intriguing new subject of study. Besides the obvious benefit of weight loss ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 27, 2016Infographics
As we grow and develop, very specific chemical reactions activate and deactivate parts of our genome at strategic times ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAY 23, 2016Plants & Animals
Australia can be one of the most interesting places to see nature at its finest, and for those with drones, you get a bi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 19, 2016Cardiology
Jessica Wagenseil, PhD, and her team from Washington University in St. Louis compared plaque buildup in two mice groups: ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 19, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
From the dead skin cells that slough off, to the fallen strands of hair – people leave biological traces behind ev ...MAY 18, 2016Videos
Nearly half of American adults take some form of multivitamin supplement daily. The market for these supplements is satu ...
JUN 25, 2016
Plants & Animals
What if we told you that giant pandas don’t really have the high metabolisms that you’ve been told they had
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 22, 2016
Immunology
Findings from a new research study might convince you to feed your gut microbiota a little better. The population of &ld
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 22, 2016
Cardiology
The European Society of Cardiology recommends treatment for people with ischemic heart disease (IHD) to achieve low-dens
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 22, 2016
Health & Medicine
Researchers have identified an increase of healthy dietary habits between 1999 and 2012. The data, however, also showed
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
JUN 21, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Investigating modifications to the oxytocin gene (OXT), researchers at the University of Georgia (UGA) have learned that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 19, 2016
Plants & Animals
Kopi Luwak, otherwise known as the world’s most expensive coffee, is made from cat poop. Well, almost. It’s
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 18, 2016
Plants & Animals
Orlando, Florida isn’t the only place in the world where large reptiles are reportedly attempting to consume human
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 18, 2016
Microbiology
In a new issue, Science Translational Medicine presents two related papers that demonstrate variations in the gut microb
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 17, 2016
Microbiology
Investigators at Baylor College of Medicine have reported in Cell that they reversed social deficits in mice by adding o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 16, 2016
Plants & Animals
It was an unimaginably sad week for a family from Nebraska, who were vacationing in Orlando, Florida near a Disney Resor
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 16, 2016
Cardiology
A massive study of the prevalence of coronary heart disease between 2001 and 2012 has revealed a variety of trends surro
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 10, 2016
Microbiology
It’s been known for some time that the symbiotic relationship between a microbiome and the host requires a fine ba
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 09, 2016
Microbiology
The human condition is often positively promoted by cooperation, and conversely, is impacted negatively by conflict. &nb
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 07, 2016
Plants & Animals
A 23-year-old woman who was trying to enjoy a day at the beach in Boca Raton last month was hospitalized for something s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 31, 2016
Cardiology
According to a Dutch study of 1,374 teenagers, children with a certain family history of cardiovascular disease and/or t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 31, 2016
Health & Medicine
Malnourishment encompasses both under- and overnutrition, and for the approximately five million children that die each
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 30, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
There’s a new hot vitamin on scientists’ minds right now, but it’s one not many people may be familiar
...
MAY 30, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The health effects of fasting has become an intriguing new subject of study. Besides the obvious benefit of weight loss
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 27, 2016
Infographics
As we grow and develop, very specific chemical reactions activate and deactivate parts of our genome at strategic times
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAY 23, 2016
Plants & Animals
Australia can be one of the most interesting places to see nature at its finest, and for those with drones, you get a bi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 19, 2016
Cardiology
Jessica Wagenseil, PhD, and her team from Washington University in St. Louis compared plaque buildup in two mice groups:
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 19, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
From the dead skin cells that slough off, to the fallen strands of hair – people leave biological traces behind ev
...
MAY 18, 2016
Videos
Nearly half of American adults take some form of multivitamin supplement daily. The market for these supplements is satu
...