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Human nutrition

Class at Faculty of Education |
OPBY4P021A

Syllabus

1.Repetitorium in somatology (selected chapters). Basic terminology used in nutrition.

2. Dietary function. Diet as an energy source. Food as a source of water. The role of water in the organism.

3. The importance of proteins in nutrition, their digestion and biochemical transformation in the human body.

4. The importance of carbohydrates in nutrition, their digestion and biochemical transformation in the human body.

5. The importance of lipids in nutrition, its digestion and biochemical transformation in the human body.

6. Minerals and trace elements.

7. Vitamins.

8. Other beneficial ingredients of the diet. Increasing the nutritional value of the diet.

9. Alternative diets, reasons and suitability for children and young people.

10.Nutrition recommendations for Czech residents.

Annotation

The course provides students with basic knowledge about nutrients contained in edibles, the composition of foods of plant and animal origin, energy intake by nutrition and its use in the organism. For individual nutrients, their basic metabolic processes in the body are also mentioned.

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