This course will enable the students to:

1. Impart knowledge regarding the principles of human-nutrition
2. Familiarize with basic concepts of physiology

Contents:
1.  Basic five food groups, dietary guidelines and food pyramid
2. Standardization of common recipes
3 Planning and preparation of:

i- Energy dense recipes, low glycemic and high glycemic food,
ii- Protein rich recipes
iii- High fibre recipes
iv- Low fat recipes
v- Low sodium recipes
vi Antioxidant rich recipe

4. Health parameters: - blood group test, measurement of blood pressure, pulse rate, hemoglobin test   
5. Visits to human performance / physiology labs. Doing studies on body composition, energy expenditures in sports and dope tests.