Functional Foods and Integrative Nutrition

Catalog description

This course provides students with an introduction to using an integrative and functional approach to nutrition. Course content includes metabolic wellness and biomarkers, cultural food pyramids and the Mediterranean diet, improving communication and working as a interdisciplinary team, nutrition assessment of metabolic and nutritional balance (e.g. microbiome, fiber and vitamins), the interconnection of gut and immune health, elimination diets, cardiometabolic syndrome and dietary considerations for inflammation mediators and oxidative stress, xenobiotic exposure, detoxification and biotransformation, hormone health and its relationship with insulin resistance and adrenal dysfunction, nutrition for hormone balance, nutritional impact on neurological and mental health, and the impact of various cooking methods, acids and bases on the functions of macro and micronutrients.