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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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NOV 18, 2015Videos
Your body uses the different foods that you consume for different purposes. Among some of the most common are meats and ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 17, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
In addition to ward off scurvy, is vitamin C also able to kill off cancer cells? That’s the latest claim from the ...NOV 16, 2015Microbiology
Researchers now have a better understanding of how gut microbes contribute to obesity. Mammals have white and bro ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 12, 2015Health & Medicine
Aside from making it difficult to fit into pants, sporting a so-called beer belly or mushy middle may actually kill you! ...NOV 07, 2015Videos
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Come Fall each year, the leaves on the trees turn a beautiful orange/brown/yellow color that makes the world look like s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 05, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Much like bacteria, fungus serve as a vital component of human society with a variety of important functions. For exampl ...Written By: Sarah HertrichOCT 29, 2015Neuroscience
The saying “You are what you eat” is proving pretty accurate in regards to diet and brain health. Two studie ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 27, 2015Immunology
We depend on our immune cells to protect us against infections from foreign invaders like bacteria, viruses, and parasit ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 26, 2015Cancer
It seems like almost anything these days can be a trigger for various forms of cancer. The latest findings from research ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 15, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Neural stem cells give rise to neurons, which are the cells which make up the nervous system including the brain. They a ...Written By: Sarah HertrichOCT 08, 2015Neuroscience
When the subject of early human species comes up, the focus tends to be on bones. Researchers want to know how big they ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 05, 2015Immunology
In the past couple of years, increased appearance of the "gluten-free" label has been seen on products on groc ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 02, 2015Cancer
Are taller people more likely to develop cancer than shorter people? It’s a theory that has been tossed around for ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 28, 2015Health & Medicine
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 17% percent of women between the age of 17 and 44 take the ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 23, 2015Health & Medicine
It wasn’t too long ago that an infographic revealing what your body does just one our after consuming a can of Coc ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 23, 2015Neuroscience
The diagnosis of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder is a controversial one. Rates of children being diagnosed with ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 21, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The traditional diet of the Inuit Greenland natives is considered an example of how high levels of omega-3 fatty acids c ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 21, 2015Videos
A lot of advertisements for breakfast foods claim that eating breakfast is the healthiest thing you can do when on a die ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 17, 2015Neuroscience
Contrary to previous thinking, Alzheimer’s disease consists of three distinct subtypes, according to a UCLA study. ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 17, 2015Cancer
Is there a connection between being overweight and developing a certain kind of brain tumor? Is there yet another reason ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 16, 2015Neuroscience
An Australian study published in the journal BMC Medicine and reported in Bioscience Technology claims that people ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 31, 2015Health & Medicine
Ice cream is a delicious cold treat that lots of people enjoy during the summer months, but its downside is that you can ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 28, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Microbial consortia are described as assemblages of different species of microbes in physical as well as biochemical con ...Written By: Sarah Hertrich
NOV 18, 2015
Videos
Your body uses the different foods that you consume for different purposes. Among some of the most common are meats and
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 17, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
In addition to ward off scurvy, is vitamin C also able to kill off cancer cells? That’s the latest claim from the
...
NOV 16, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers now have a better understanding of how gut microbes contribute to obesity. Mammals have white and bro
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 12, 2015
Health & Medicine
Aside from making it difficult to fit into pants, sporting a so-called beer belly or mushy middle may actually kill you!
...
NOV 07, 2015
Videos
Our society is obsessed with health. We want to feel good and look healthy, but most of us are less inclined have to act
...
NOV 06, 2015
Plants & Animals
Come Fall each year, the leaves on the trees turn a beautiful orange/brown/yellow color that makes the world look like s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 05, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Much like bacteria, fungus serve as a vital component of human society with a variety of important functions. For exampl
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 29, 2015
Neuroscience
The saying “You are what you eat” is proving pretty accurate in regards to diet and brain health. Two studie
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 27, 2015
Immunology
We depend on our immune cells to protect us against infections from foreign invaders like bacteria, viruses, and parasit
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 26, 2015
Cancer
It seems like almost anything these days can be a trigger for various forms of cancer. The latest findings from research
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 15, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Neural stem cells give rise to neurons, which are the cells which make up the nervous system including the brain. They a
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 08, 2015
Neuroscience
When the subject of early human species comes up, the focus tends to be on bones. Researchers want to know how big they
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 05, 2015
Immunology
In the past couple of years, increased appearance of the "gluten-free" label has been seen on products on groc
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 02, 2015
Cancer
Are taller people more likely to develop cancer than shorter people? It’s a theory that has been tossed around for
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 28, 2015
Health & Medicine
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 17% percent of women between the age of 17 and 44 take the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 23, 2015
Health & Medicine
It wasn’t too long ago that an infographic revealing what your body does just one our after consuming a can of Coc
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 23, 2015
Neuroscience
The diagnosis of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder is a controversial one. Rates of children being diagnosed with
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 21, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
The traditional diet of the Inuit Greenland natives is considered an example of how high levels of omega-3 fatty acids c
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 21, 2015
Videos
A lot of advertisements for breakfast foods claim that eating breakfast is the healthiest thing you can do when on a die
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 17, 2015
Neuroscience
Contrary to previous thinking, Alzheimer’s disease consists of three distinct subtypes, according to a UCLA study.
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 17, 2015
Cancer
Is there a connection between being overweight and developing a certain kind of brain tumor? Is there yet another reason
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 16, 2015
Neuroscience
An Australian study published in the journal BMC Medicine and reported in Bioscience Technology claims that people
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 31, 2015
Health & Medicine
Ice cream is a delicious cold treat that lots of people enjoy during the summer months, but its downside is that you can
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 28, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Microbial consortia are described as assemblages of different species of microbes in physical as well as biochemical con
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich