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Other than time consuming, what else are nutritional studies due to their length and variable count?
expensive
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At which rate is the science behind nutrition continuing to evolve?
slowly
[ "Nutrition\n\nStudies of nutritional status must take into account the state of the body before and after experiments, as well as the chemical composition of the whole diet and of all material excreted and eliminated from the body (in urine and feces). Comparing the food to the waste can help determine the specific...
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How do plants absorb essential elements that are present in the soil?
through their roots
[ "Nutrition\n\nPlants uptake essential elements from the soil through their roots and from the air (consisting of mainly nitrogen and oxygen) through their leaves. Green plants obtain their carbohydrate supply from the carbon dioxide in the air by the process of photosynthesis. Carbon and oxygen are absorbed from th...
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Having leaves allows plants to absorb nutrients through which medium?
air
[ "Nutrition\n\nPlants uptake essential elements from the soil through their roots and from the air (consisting of mainly nitrogen and oxygen) through their leaves. Green plants obtain their carbohydrate supply from the carbon dioxide in the air by the process of photosynthesis. Carbon and oxygen are absorbed from th...
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What is the process that plants undergo in order to obtain carbohydrates?
photosynthesis
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What is the process called in which plants gather nutrients from the soil around their roots?
cation exchange
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What part of the leaf in a plant takes in carbon dioxide and releases oxygen?
stomata
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What can environmental depletion lead to?
crucial nutrition-related health problems
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Other than malnutrition and a spread of disease, what is an example of a health problem that arose due to environmental depletion?
contamination
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Other than industrial chemicals, what other industry discharges chemicals that can contaminate the environment?
agricultural
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The release and contamination of the environment affects what important system other than the human race?
the ecosystem
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If people's nutritional status and health changes, what could this affect in their daily routine?
diet habits
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What is the abbreviation for licensed dietitians in the US?
LD
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Who do dietitians have to register with other than the American Dietetic Association in order to be recognized as such in the US?
Commission for Dietetic Registration
[ "Nutrition\n\nIn the US, dietitians are registered (RD) or licensed (LD) with the Commission for Dietetic Registration and the American Dietetic Association, and are only able to use the title \"dietitian,\" as described by the business and professions codes of each respective state, when they have met specific edu...
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Which specific term is unregulated but still oft associated with professionals when it comes to food and diets?
nutritionist
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Which state has started to regulate the word "nutritionist"?
Florida
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What are restaurants and food manufacturers required to follow in order to assist consumers looking to follow dietary guidelines?
disclosure/labeling requirements
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Nutritional standards and recommendations are produced by a joint effort between the US Department of Agriculture and which other department?
US Department of Health and Human Services
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Who releases guidelines that revolve around diet and physical activity recommendations?
USDA
[ "Nutrition\n\nIn the US, nutritional standards and recommendations are established jointly by the US Department of Agriculture and US Department of Health and Human Services. Dietary and physical activity guidelines from the USDA are presented in the concept of MyPlate, which superseded the food pyramid, which repl...
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What is the name of the concept that has replaced the food pyramid?
MyPlate
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The USDA's effort sand actions are overseen by which governmental committee?
Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee
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On which channel are committee meetings often shown?
C-SPAN
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Smart Bodies is an example of an initiative that was started by what level of government?
state
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What is the goal of Smart Bodies?
to promote nutrition literacy
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The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation joined together with which University to help develop Smart Bodies?
Louisiana State Agricultural Center
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When was the Smart Bodies initiative first released?
2005
[ "Nutrition\n\nAn example of a state initiative to promote nutrition literacy is Smart Bodies, a public-private partnership between the state’s largest university system and largest health insurer, Louisiana State Agricultural Center and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation. Launched in 2005, this prog...
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What does the initiative specifically target?
childhood obesity
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In England and which other country is there a curricula that revolves around nutritional education?
Wales
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What is the official name of the curricula that promotes nutritional education in schools?
Personal and Social Education and Food Technology curricula
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What does FCS stand for?
Family and Consumer Science
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Aside from dieting and general nutritional information, what else does the curricula in England and Wales aim to teach students?
how to read nutrition labels on packaging
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In which type of school are kids required to take a number of health related courses?
American
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In which country were there no specific nutritional literacy studies on a national level that could be found?
U.S.
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What does the abbreviation NAAL represent?
National Assessment of Adult Literacy
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How many Americans were found to have intermediate health literacy?
44%
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What percentage of Americans fell below the basics of health literacy?
14
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People who had a lower health literacy rate were found to be living below what standard?
level of poverty
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What percentage of people were were found to have a high likelihood of low literacy skills in the Mississippi Delta region?
52
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What primary difference was there between the NAAL and Delta study that made comparisons difficult?
methodological differences
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Who was the main author of the study that suggested that the Mississippi Delta study identified a problem of health literacy?
Zoellner
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For how many years had the My Pyramid graphic been released at the time of the Mississippi Delta study?
two
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Income level was found to have a signification correlation to which outcome in the study?
nutrition literacy
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What did the studies show there was a lack of understanding of by the population?
nutritional information
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The studies indicated that there was a lack of information in the area about what kind of choice?
food
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What was found to be limited or at least difficult to get access to in the studied region?
healthful foods
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What kind of constraint was found to have a significant effect on the nutritional literacy?
socioeconomic
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Aside from large people living in poverty, what else is considered a socioeconomic constraint that resulted in a decrease in opportunity for healthy food choices?
low levels of education
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An imbalance in the intake of nutrients by any organism can be referred by which term?
Malnutrition
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In what kind of country is malnutrition often found as excessive consumption or as a nutritional imbalance?
developed
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Aside from inadequate knowledge, what else is characteristic of malnutrition found in developing countries?
poor access to a range of nutritious foods
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What is the abbreviation ICRISAT short for?
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
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What is the name of the traditional Mali recipe that equinut is a twist on?
di-dèguè
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What is the term that refers to a viewpoint that believes a reliance on food science is a cause of poor nutrition and ill health?
Nutritionism
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Who is originally claimed to have given birth to the concept of nutritionism?
Gyorgy Scrinis
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Although he was not the creator of the concept, who popularized the idea of nutritionism?
Michael Pollan
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Who has to rely on nutrition experts when it comes to making decisions regarding food and nutritional values?
policy makers
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Which region of the world does Pollan claim could trace their health problems back to nutritionism?
Western World
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What are organizations targeting with the aim of improving nutritional content or resources?
school cafeterias
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Outside of policymakers and teachers, who else is a key component to improving nutritional content in schools?
managed foodservice contractors
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What are health and nutrition shown to have a link to in terms of education?
overall educational success
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What percentage of American students report that they currently eat the recommended servings of fruits and vegetables?
10
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Which animal was shown to have a negative effect on learning behavior due to nutritional deficiencies back in 1951?
mice
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Which health issue is now becoming a common issue in developing countries?
Cancer
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Which organization did a study on cancer in developing countries?
International Agency for Research on Cancer
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What were cancers such as liver cancer or stomach cancer found to have a link to?
consumption of carcinogenic preserved foods
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The rise of lung cancer in poor nations can be attributed to the use of which product?
tobacco
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Obesity, lack of exercise, age and diet are risk factors attributed to cancer that are all apart of what kind of lifestyle?
Western
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Reduced insulin function can also go by what other term?
insulin resistance
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Other than the reduced insulin function, what else contributes greatly to many disease states?
lifestyle-induced hyperinsulinemia
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Arterial microinjuries and heart disease can all be linked back to which health issue that is caused by hyperinsulinemia?
chronic inflammation
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The metabolic syndrome is a term that refers to which health issue?
insulin resistance
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Hyperinsulinemia has a negative effect on the levels of which important molecules in the body?
prostaglandin PGE1/PGE2
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Insulin resistance has been strongly linked to which health issue?
obesity
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If someone struggles with insulin resistance, what kind of diabetes can develop as a result?
type 2
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Almost all individuals who suffer from type 2 diabetes and/or obesity are found to have which trait?
marked insulin resistance
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Appropriate exercise and reducing glycemic load are two examples of ways to stimulate which process?
reverse insulin resistance
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Obesity can cause resistance to which hormone?
leptin
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In the so called vicious cycle, what aggravates obesity to continue the cycle?
insulin/leptin resistance
[ "Nutrition\n\nObesity can unfavourably alter hormonal and metabolic status via resistance to the hormone leptin, and a vicious cycle may occur in which insulin/leptin resistance and obesity aggravate one another. The vicious cycle is putatively fuelled by continuously high insulin/leptin stimulation and fat storage...
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A characteristic of the cycle other than fat storage is a continuously high stimulation of what?
insulin/leptin
[ "Nutrition\n\nObesity can unfavourably alter hormonal and metabolic status via resistance to the hormone leptin, and a vicious cycle may occur in which insulin/leptin resistance and obesity aggravate one another. The vicious cycle is putatively fuelled by continuously high insulin/leptin stimulation and fat storage...
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What function do insulin and leptin normally provide in the body?
satiety signals to the hypothalamus
[ "Nutrition\n\nObesity can unfavourably alter hormonal and metabolic status via resistance to the hormone leptin, and a vicious cycle may occur in which insulin/leptin resistance and obesity aggravate one another. The vicious cycle is putatively fuelled by continuously high insulin/leptin stimulation and fat storage...
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What effect does insulin/leptin resistance have on the function of insulin/leptin?
reduce this signal
[ "Nutrition\n\nObesity can unfavourably alter hormonal and metabolic status via resistance to the hormone leptin, and a vicious cycle may occur in which insulin/leptin resistance and obesity aggravate one another. The vicious cycle is putatively fuelled by continuously high insulin/leptin stimulation and fat storage...
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The debate regarding factors influencing the development of insulin and leptin is not just about how, but also about what other factor?
to what extent
[ "Nutrition\n\nThere is a debate about how and to what extent different dietary factors— such as intake of processed carbohydrates, total protein, fat, and carbohydrate intake, intake of saturated and trans fatty acids, and low intake of vitamins/minerals—contribute to the development of insulin and leptin resistanc...
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Other than processed foods, what else was recently introduced to the human diet?
high glycemic index
[ "Nutrition\n\nThere is a debate about how and to what extent different dietary factors— such as intake of processed carbohydrates, total protein, fat, and carbohydrate intake, intake of saturated and trans fatty acids, and low intake of vitamins/minerals—contribute to the development of insulin and leptin resistanc...
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What is an example of the body's ability to maintain homeostasis being overwhelmed?
metabolic syndrome epidemic
[ "Nutrition\n\nThere is a debate about how and to what extent different dietary factors— such as intake of processed carbohydrates, total protein, fat, and carbohydrate intake, intake of saturated and trans fatty acids, and low intake of vitamins/minerals—contribute to the development of insulin and leptin resistanc...
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Hyponatremia is the term that refers to which action by a human?
Excess water intake, without replenishment of sodium and potassium salts
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In 2007, what kind of contest was Jennifer Strange participating in upon her death?
water-drinking
[ "Nutrition\n\nExcess water intake, without replenishment of sodium and potassium salts, leads to hyponatremia, which can further lead to water intoxication at more dangerous levels. A well-publicized case occurred in 2007, when Jennifer Strange died while participating in a water-drinking contest. More usually, the...
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In which specific kind of events can one often find people drinking too much water?
long-distance endurance
[ "Nutrition\n\nExcess water intake, without replenishment of sodium and potassium salts, leads to hyponatremia, which can further lead to water intoxication at more dangerous levels. A well-publicized case occurred in 2007, when Jennifer Strange died while participating in a water-drinking contest. More usually, the...
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When a human is suffering from hyponatremia, what is the main cause of damage that may occur?
swelling of the brain
[ "Nutrition\n\nExcess water intake, without replenishment of sodium and potassium salts, leads to hyponatremia, which can further lead to water intoxication at more dangerous levels. A well-publicized case occurred in 2007, when Jennifer Strange died while participating in a water-drinking contest. More usually, the...
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Damage to the brain occurs because of the increase in which process?
osmosis
[ "Nutrition\n\nExcess water intake, without replenishment of sodium and potassium salts, leads to hyponatremia, which can further lead to water intoxication at more dangerous levels. A well-publicized case occurred in 2007, when Jennifer Strange died while participating in a water-drinking contest. More usually, the...
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The increase in cases of diabetes, obesity and heart disease can be traced back to an increase in the consumption of what product?
sugar
[ "Nutrition\n\nThe relatively recent increased consumption of sugar has been linked to the rise of some afflictions such as diabetes, obesity, and more recently heart disease. Increased consumption of sugar has been tied to these three, among others. Obesity levels have more than doubled in the last 30 years among a...
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What has been the increase in obesity among adults in the last 30 years in the United States?
more than doubled
[ "Nutrition\n\nThe relatively recent increased consumption of sugar has been linked to the rise of some afflictions such as diabetes, obesity, and more recently heart disease. Increased consumption of sugar has been tied to these three, among others. Obesity levels have more than doubled in the last 30 years among a...
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What is the current percentage of obese adults in the United States?
35
[ "Nutrition\n\nThe relatively recent increased consumption of sugar has been linked to the rise of some afflictions such as diabetes, obesity, and more recently heart disease. Increased consumption of sugar has been tied to these three, among others. Obesity levels have more than doubled in the last 30 years among a...
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Within the past 30 years, how has the number of diabetes cases changed?
quadrupled
[ "Nutrition\n\nThe relatively recent increased consumption of sugar has been linked to the rise of some afflictions such as diabetes, obesity, and more recently heart disease. Increased consumption of sugar has been tied to these three, among others. Obesity levels have more than doubled in the last 30 years among a...
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What does the term LDL stand for?
Low-density lipoprotein
[ "Nutrition\n\nThe relatively recent increased consumption of sugar has been linked to the rise of some afflictions such as diabetes, obesity, and more recently heart disease. Increased consumption of sugar has been tied to these three, among others. Obesity levels have more than doubled in the last 30 years among a...
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When did the Industrial Revolution roughly begin?
two hundred years ago
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Apart from altering the state of food, what is the other main focus in technology increases for the food processing industry?
keep foods fresh longer
[ "Nutrition\n\nSince the Industrial Revolution some two hundred years ago, the food processing industry has invented many technologies that both help keep foods fresh longer and alter the fresh state of food as they appear in nature. Cooling is the primary technology used to maintain freshness, whereas many more tec...
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Which technology is primarily responsible for helping keep food fresh?
Cooling
[ "Nutrition\n\nSince the Industrial Revolution some two hundred years ago, the food processing industry has invented many technologies that both help keep foods fresh longer and alter the fresh state of food as they appear in nature. Cooling is the primary technology used to maintain freshness, whereas many more tec...
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Pasteurisation is an an example of a technology that aims to do what to food?
last longer without becoming spoiled
[ "Nutrition\n\nSince the Industrial Revolution some two hundred years ago, the food processing industry has invented many technologies that both help keep foods fresh longer and alter the fresh state of food as they appear in nature. Cooling is the primary technology used to maintain freshness, whereas many more tec...
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Pasteurisation and autoclavation are examples of what kind of technique?
heating
[ "Nutrition\n\nSince the Industrial Revolution some two hundred years ago, the food processing industry has invented many technologies that both help keep foods fresh longer and alter the fresh state of food as they appear in nature. Cooling is the primary technology used to maintain freshness, whereas many more tec...
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Centrifugation and pressing are prime examples of what?
Modern separation techniques
[ "Nutrition\n\nModern separation techniques such as milling, centrifugation, and pressing have enabled concentration of particular components of food, yielding flour, oils, juices, and so on, and even separate fatty acids, amino acids, vitamins, and minerals. Inevitably, such large-scale concentration changes the nu...