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Food and Health (11:400:104) is a
3-credit course about "personal" nutrition and its relationship to health by
way of food, food components and nutraceuticals. This course will enable you
to take a critical look at what you eat and give you a new perspective on
how food affects you and your body. The course has no prerequisites and it
is taught by a team of Instructors. Enjoy, learn a lot,
have fun, good luck!
SYLLABUS & SCHEDULE
Spring Semester 2008
All the lectures will be
posted on the website the day of each class.
To retrieve
the lecture notes as a powerpoint
file click on the underlined title of the lecture.
LECTURE #
DATE TITLE
CHAPTER PROFESSOR
1
Th Jan. 24
Course Introduction Drs.
Hirsch, Quadro
2 M
Jan. 28
Energy, Calories and Dietary
Guidelines 1, 2
Dr. Hirsch
3
Th
Jan. 31
Diet Analysis Project Directions Dr.
Wasserman
4 M
Feb. 4
Carbs:
Sugars, Starches, the Dentist, and Atkins
3 Dr. Hirsch
5
Th Feb. 7
Fats: the Good and Bad 4
Dr.
Quadro
6 M
Feb. 11
Proteins: Enzymes, Hormones, and
Body Building 5
Dr. Hirsch
7
Th Feb. 14
Minerals and Water
7 Dr. Hirsch
8 M
Feb. 18
Vitamins: Fat Soluble A, D, E, K
6 Dr.
Wassef
9
Th Feb. 21
Vitamins: Water Soluble B’s and C
6 Dr. Hirsch
10 M
Feb. 25
Physiology of digestion
pgs. A9-11; 87-8; 112-4; 146-7
Dr. Hirsch
11
Th
Feb. 28
EXAM 1
+
Early Diet Analysis Project Submission
Drs. Hirsch,
Quadro
12 M
Mar. 3
Reading Labels for Health and
Profit pgs. 56-63
Dr. Hirsch
13
Th Mar.
6
Food Safety & Processing
12
and class notes
Dr. Hirsch
14 M
Mar. 10
Under
and Over-nutrition
4, 5, 6, 9 Dr.
Quadro
15
Th
Mar. 13
Nutrition and Lifecycle I
11, 8 Dr.
Hirsch
Diet Analysis Project is DUE in class after lecture
SPRING RECESS -
March 15-23
16 M
Mar. 24 Nutrition and Lifecycle II
11 Dr.
Quadro
17
Th Mar. 27
Nutrition & Fitness
10 Dr.
Wassef
18 M
Mar. 31 Diabetes
3 Dr.
Quadro
19
Th
Apr. 3
EXAM 2 Drs.
Hirsch, Quadro
20 M
Apr. 7 Food and your heart
4, pgs. 133-137
Dr. Hirsch
21
Th Apr. 10
Nutrition and cancer
pgs. 202-209
Dr. Quadro
22 M
Apr. 14 Nutrigenomics
class notes only
Dr. Quadro
23
Th Apr. 17
Nutrient-drug Interaction
class notes only
Dr. Quadro
24 M
Apr. 21 Food Allergies
pgs. 160-163 Dr. Quadro
25
Th Apr. 24
“Super size me”- in class movie vision and
discussion
Dr. Quadro
26 M
Apr. 28 “Super size me”- in class movie
vision and discussion
Dr. Quadro
27
Th May. 1
Course review
Dr. Hirsch
28
M May. 5 Course
review
Dr. Quadro
29
Th
May 8 (?)
FINAL EXAM Loree
022 – 8-11am Drs. Hirsch, Quadro
KEY:
Exams Dates
Diet Analysis Dates
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