ADVANCED HUMAN NUTRITION

Body  weight and Body Composition                                                                                                            Body Weight and Health  : Body Mass Index

Body Composition

• Elements and molecules
• Fat Mass and Fat Free Mass
• Body Water and Minerals

Assessment of Body Composition

• Body Densitometry
• Plethysmography
• Dual Energy X Ray Absorptionmetry
• Skinfold Assessment
• Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis

Regulation of Energy Intake, Storage and Expenditure (insulin, ghrelin, cholecystokinin, leptin, neuropeptide and Galanin)

Obesity

• Financial Impact
• History
• Distribution of Fat Mass
• Adipocyte Regulation In Energy Balance
• Adipocyte Hypertrophy versus Hyperplasia
• Genetic Influence and  Related Disorders

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

Assessment of Nutritional Status using various methods

• Clinical examination for signs and symptoms of nutritional deficiencies and excesses.
• Biochemical estimation.
• Anthropometry.
• Dietary survey.

Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods

• Food Sources, Mechanism of Action Health Claims

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
• probiotics

 Nutritional management in special conditions

• Emergencies such as draught, famine etc
• Astronautics
• High altitudes

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.

 Non nutritive food components with potentials health effects –  

     polyphenols, tannins,  phytate, phytoestrogens, carcinogenic compounds,    

     lectins and saponins.