Advanced Human Nutrition (Theory)

Unit I: Growth and Development through the life cycle                 

 ·       Different types of Growth (Physical and Cellular)

·       Malnutrition and Cognitive Development

·       Determinants of Growth and Development

·       Impact of altered nutrition on Growth and Development

·       Maternal Nutrition and Pregnancy outcomes

·       Changes in Body Composition through the life cycle

·       Altered Body Composition and their consequences

Unit II: Assessment of Nutritional Status

·       Methods of nutritional Assessment

     Anthropometry, Dietary, Clinical, Biochemical

·       Critical Analysis of various methods of nutritional Assessment

·       Detailed Methodology of various techniques and interpretation of results

·       National and International growth standards and references

·       National Nutrition Surveys: NNMB, NFHS

Unit III: Nutrition Exercise and Athletic Performance 
 

·  Muscle and Exercise Basics (Muscle and Neuromuscular Junction, Muscle action           potential, Sarcomeres and contraction , muscle fiber type, muscle adaption to        strength training and endurance exercise muscle fiber type and endurance adaption)

·   Hormonal Adaption to Acute and Chronic Exercise (Catecholamines, Insulin and             Glucagon, Cortisol, Growth Hormone and ACTH

·     Caffeine and Atheletic Performance

·      Muscle Carbohydrate Utilization

·      Maintaining Blood Glucose levels (During Exercise, cori cycle and alanine cycle)

·      Carbohydrate, Fat and Protein metabolism Before, during and after exercise

Unit IV: Nutrigenomics, Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods

·       Organization of Nutraceuticals by molecular Structure

·       Isoprenoid derivatives, Olive oil as a functional food

·       Phenolic compounds,Carbohydrate and carbohydrate derivatives

·       Fatty acids and structural lipids

·       Amino acid and amino acid derivatives

·       Prebiotics and probiotics

Nutritional management in special conditions

·       Emergencies such as draught, famine etc

·       Astronautics

·       High altitudes

Unit V: Nutritional interrelationships     

·       Concept of nutritional relationship – proteins – energy, carbohydrates – fat, naicin – typtophane , pyridoxine relationships.

·       Effect of carbohydrates, fats and protein on vitamin requirements

·       Nutrient adaptation to low intake of energy, protein, vitamin A, calcium and iron.

Emerging concept in Human Nutrition

·       Ongoing Nutrition Transition and its Implication

·       Changing trends in Lifestyle patterns in population groups and their Implication

Non Nutritive components and their potential health effect

·       Polyphenols, Phytoesterogens, Saponins, Tannins, Lecitns