BIOL4325 - Nutrition and Metabolism

BIOL 4325 Nutrition and Metabolism (3 semester credit hours) This course explores nutrient utilization and requirements, focusing on the connections between diet, health, genetics, microbiome, and diseases. It supports studies in medicine, health professions, biomedical research, and biotechnology. Topics include nutritional physiology, metabolic homeostasis, and the impact of diet on human development, aging, exercise, and health. The course reviews energy metabolism, macronutrients, vitamins, minerals, and protective food compounds. It examines how nutrient imbalances contribute to chronic diseases like heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and cancer. Additionally, it introduces microbiomics, nutrigenomics, nutrigenetics, and chrononutrition, highlighting the effects of diet on microbiota and the interplay between food, sleep, metabolism, and genes. Prerequisite or Corequisite: BIOL 3461 or equivalent. (3-0) F