FOOD 4201
Advanced Nutrition and Metabolism
Metabolism of macronutrients in the human body. Detailed catabolic and anabolic reactions of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins. Regulatory control points in healthy and diseased states. Discussion of the literature pertaining to nutrition, metabolism and chronic disease.
2025
Readings
- Advanced Nutrition and Human Metabolism, 5th Edition, Sareen S Gropper, Wadsworth CENGAGE Learning Biochemistry: A Short Course, John L. Tymoczko, W.H. Freeman Company.
Prerequisites & course information
Prerequisite(s): FOOD 2001 , BIOC 3101 and fourth year standing. Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as FOOD 5101 , for which additional credit is precluded. Lectures three hours a week.