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     FOOD AND HEALTH
11- 400:104
   M3/TH3: 12:35 - 1:55 PM
       LOREE AUDITORIUM - 022

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Diet Analysis Project
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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 2009

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. 22 Course Introduction Dr. Quadro

2 M Jan. 26 Energy, Calories and Dietary Guidelines 1, 2 Dr. Quadro

3 Th Jan. 29 Diet Analysis Project Directions Dr. Wasserman

4 M Feb. 2 Carbs: Sugars, Starches, the Dentist, and Atkins 3 Dr. Hirsch

5 Th Feb. 5 Fats: the Good and Bad 4 Dr. Hirsch

6 M Feb. 9 Proteins: Enzymes, Hormones, and Body Building 5 Dr. Hirsch

7 Th Feb. 12 Minerals and Water 7 Dr. Hirsch

8 M Feb. 16 Vitamins: Fat Soluble A, D, E, K 6 Dr. Wassef

9 Th Feb. 19 Vitamins: Water Soluble B’s and C 6 Dr. Hirsch

10 M Feb. 23 Physiology of digestion pgs. 87-8; 112-4; 146-7; A9-11 Dr. Hirsch

11 Th Feb. 26 EXAM 1 + Early Diet Analysis Project Submission

12 M Mar. 2 CANCELLED

13 Th Mar. 5 Food Safety & Processing class notes only Dr. Hirsch

14 M Mar. 9 Nutrition and Lifecycle I 11, 8 Dr. Quadro

15 Th Mar. 12 Nutrition and Lifecycle II 11 Dr. Quadro

Diet Analysis Project is DUE in class after lecture

SPRING RECESS - March 14-22

16 M Mar. 23 Under and Over-nutrition 4, 5, 6, 9 Dr. Quadro

17 Th Mar. 26 Diabetes 3 Dr. Quadro

18 M Mar. 30 Nutrition & Fitness 10 Dr. Wassef

19 Th Apr. 2 EXAM 2

20 M Apr. 6 Nutrition and cancer class notes and pgs. 202-209 Dr. Quadro

21 Th Apr. 9 Food and skin health – Special Guest Speaker Dr. Pappas

22 M Apr. 13 Nutrigenomics class notes only Dr. Quadro

23 Th Apr. 16 Food and your heart 4, pgs. 133-137 Dr. Hirsch

24 M Apr. 20 Nutrient drug-interaction class note only Dr. Wassef

25 Th Apr. 23 Food Allergies pgs. 160-163 Dr. Quadro

26 M Apr. 27 “Killer at Large”: movie + discussion Dr. Quadro

27 Th Apr. 30 Labels Dr. Hirsch

28 M May. 4 Course review Dr. Quadro

29 W May 13 FINAL EXAM Loree 022 – noon to 3pm

KEY: Exams Dates Diet Analysis Dates