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Department of Nutritional Science
Fu-Jen University
Advanced Nutrition
Fall, 2011
SYLLABUS
Instructor: 許瑞芬 教授
授課時間:
授課地點:
Dr. Rwei-Fen S. Huang
13: 40-16: 30 PM,
星期一
NF356
Phone: 2512
Office: NF 252
References:
1. Nutrition and Metabolism (2003)
Edited by Gibney MJ and Macdonald IA and Roche HM
Blackwell Publishing
2. Advanced Nutrition and Human Metabolism (1999)
James L. Groff and Sareen S. Gropper, 3rd Edition,
Wadsworth, Thomson Learning
3. Nutritional Biochemistry (1999)
Tom Brody, 2nd Edition, Academic Press
4. Dietary Reference Intakes (2000)
for thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B6, folate,
vitamin B12, pantothenic acid, biotin, and choline
National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.
5. 國人膳食營養素參考攝取量及其說明
行政院衛生署 修訂第六版 92 年 9 月
6. Handouts from NS103 course in the Department of Nutritional Sciences and
Toxicology, UC Berkeley
Objectives of the course:
The goal in this course is to present Nutrition as the science that integrates life
processes from the cellular level through the multiorganism operation of the
whole human body. The contents are provided with the physiological,
biochemical and molecular bases of human nutrition. The theme topics
particularly focus on the cellular reactions at the tissue, organ, and system levels.
Evaluation:
Mid Term:
50 %
Final Exam:
50 %
Department of Nutritional Sciences
Fu-Jen University
Advanced Nutrition
Fall, 2011
Lecture Contents
Nutrient Balances in Human
The Evolution of Recommended Dietary Allowances
DRI, Nutrient Labeling, Health claim
Delivery of Nutrients from Food to the Cells
*Digestive functions and secretions
*Diffusion barriers and absorption mechanisms
*Protein, Lipid, and carbohydrate : digestion and absorption
Metabolic Strategies
*Tissue location of major metabolic pathways
*Glycolysis, gluconeogenesis, glycogen synthesis and metabolic
branch points
*β-oxidation of fatty acids, fatty acid and triglyceride synthesis
*Nitrogen metabolism and urea synthesis
*Metabolism of amino acid C-skeletons
Aspects of metabolic regulation
*Energy release and storage
*Blood glucose regulation
*Cholesterol and lipid regulation
*Regulation of structural proteins synthesis: Ascrobate metabolism
*Regulatory signals: Calcium levels
*Vision function: Vit A
*Regulation of membrane intactness:
Vit E, Se, glutathione
Regulatory functions of micronutrients in Hematology
*Fe, Cu, Vit B6 : hemoglobin synthesis
*Vit B12 and folate: Red blood cell maturation
*Vit K: blood clotting