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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 Fr
May 9
FINAL EXAM Loree
022 – 8-11am
Drs. Hirsch, Quadro
KEY:
Exams Dates
Diet Analysis Dates
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