Course Description
Literature of human nutrition related to macronutrients; includes metabolism, genetics, physiology, biochemistry, endocrinology, and epidemiology.
Athena Title
Advanced Macronutrients
Prerequisite
BCMB 3100 or BCMB 3100E or BCMB 3100H
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
- Students will be able to describe the mechanisms involved in converting carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins into energy.
- Students will be able to identify the key reactions that control energy generation and consumption.
- Students will be able to summarize the mechanisms involved in digestion and absorption of the macronutrients.
- Students will be able to explain the mechanisms involved in the uptake and utilization of macronutrients within cells.
- Students will be able to outline the factors controlling macronutrient metabolism within the whole organism, and how these can be disrupted in chronic disease states.
Topical Outline
- Review of cell structure and function
- Membrane transport and cellular energy production
- Water and acid-base balance
- Tools for measuring intake
- Nutrient requirements
- Macronutrient selection
- Energy balance and obesity
- Control of food intake
- Energy expenditure, uncoupling proteins, and diet induced thermogenesis
- Protein metabolism
- Carbohdyrate metabolism and the role of the liver in glucose metabolism
- Diabetes
- Fat metabolism
- Metabolism in specific physiological conditions, such as exercise, starvation, and pregnancy
