Overview

This course discuss about Nutrients source, function and its processing methodology. It mainly deals about macronutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins and fats; also about micro nutrients such as vitamins and minerals. Macronutrients are the nutrients we need in larger quantities that provide us with energy: in other words, fat, protein and carbohydrate. Micronutrients are mostly vitamins and minerals, and are equally important but consumed in very small amounts.This macro and micro nutrients balance is very crucial to maintain a healthy physiological conditions. However, consuming balanced diet with balanced macro and micro nutrients is very difficult since processing conditions for each macro and micro nutrients varies a lot. Again, there isn't a lot of research regarding a specific macro diet and its effectiveness for weight loss, weight control, or glycemic index control. Some people also argue there's no specific macro diet, as the diet is based on the idea that macros are adjustable.Hence the study of processing condition of macro and micro nutrients in food is very much needed. In this course you learned about digestion, absorption and assimilation of nutrients. This three factors is very crucial for effective utilization of macro and micro nutrients. It also assess the metabolic process of food and recommended dietary allowances of nutrients

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