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Biochemical Nutrition II
Biochemical Nutrition II
Instructor: Dr. Hong Chen
Schedule: Offered only spring semester
Credit: 3 hours.
Biochemistry and metabolism of the water and fat soluble vitamins and minerals. Emphasizes the digestion, transport, metabolism and intercellular functions of these nutrients and how diet/food intake and physiological states affect these processes.
3 undergraduate hours. 3 graduate hours.
Prerequisite: FSHN 220, or FSHN 120 and FSHN 414, and MCB 450 or concurrent enrollment.
Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives
>>> Know your vitamins and minerals!
At the completion of the course, we will be able to:
1. Understand and present the biochemical and physiological reasons of our body’s needs for vitamins and essential minerals.
2. Understand and explain the biological means for our body to acquire the vitamins and essential minerals.
3. Apply the knowledge learned to solve health-related nutritional issues.
4. Analyze the current issues related to vitamins and essential minerals.
*Connect biochemical, metabolic pathways learned in class with current issues related to human health (yourself included);
*Solve the clinical issues using the knowledge learned from the class;
*Put vitamins and essential minerals to work: in body physiology, metabolism, defense of disease, and overall well being
5. This course is designed to help meet learning outcomes for dietetics students identified by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) for the 2017 Accreditation Standards for Nutrition and Dietetics Didactic Programs. The learning objectives and activities of this course will help to accomplish the achievement of the Knowledge Requirements for Dietitian Nutritionists (KRDNs):
KRDN 3.5: Describe basic concepts of nutritional genomics.
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