SCI 7000 — Science of Nutrition w/Lab
Increased food processing and addition of chemical substances in foods make it important to understand the basic ideas of modern nutrition. This interdisciplinary course is taught jointly by the Biological Sciences and Physical Sciences Departments. Such concepts as biochemical individuality as related to nutrition for optimum health are integrated with surveys of carbohydrate, protein and fat metabolism; the role of vitamins and minerals in metabolic processes and their still-controversial role in orthomolecular nutrition, food selection, diet during pregnancy and infancy, special diets during illness, and the safety of the food supply. Students are asked to analyze their own diet. Student must complete SCI 7000 Laboratory - Initial Student Safety Instruction & Certification prior to the first laboratory meeting. See Department of Physical Sciences website Chemistry Laboratory Safety section for information.