Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Oral reports and discussion of research and studies in nutrition science, with the aim of expanding the student’s understanding of solving related problems and training him in public speaking and scientific documentation.

Study of the physiological and biochemical interrelationships between foods and drugs, with emphasis on nutrition-related chronic diseases and the impact of these interactions on the benefits of both foods and drugs

Study of the physiological and biochemical aspects of physical activity, human performance, cardiovascular and respiratory fitness, and muscle efficiency, along with the nutrition-related factors of physical activity, methods of measuring energy expenditure and capacity during activity, discussion of athletes' nutrition including ready-made athlete foods, and the relationship between nutrition and physical activity in reducing chronic diseases

Advanced study of the physiological and biochemical aspects of vitamins, with focus on nutritional and pharmacological interactions and their effects on vitamin function, requirements, deficiency and excess symptoms. Also study methods for determining requirements and assessing nutritional status, vitamin deficiency diseases locally, regionally and globally, and therapeutic uses of vitamins

Study of the biochemical and physiological aspects of the utilization of carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins in humans, focusing on their interrelationships and the specificity of individual organs and tissues in metabolic processes, as well as the dynamic regulation of these macronutrients

Advanced study of mineral elements and their physiological functions, nutritional and pharmacological interactions and their relation to their requirements, as well as methods for assessing the nutritional status of mineral elements and recognizing diseases arising from deficiency or excess locally and globally, and the study of toxicity with emphasis on heavy metals

Advanced study of dysregulations of physiological and biochemical processes accompanying selected disease states, with emphasis on the clinical, histological and functional changes of affected organs; covers weight disorders, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, selected digestive diseases, cardiovascular diseases, liver and pancreas diseases, with focus on the latest developments in assessing patients' nutritional status and planning appropriate diets, especially in organ transplantation and chronic conditions

This course covers topics in correlation and linear and multiple equations, calculation and interpretation of variance and related measures, fundamental principles in experimental design and analysis, and methods for distinguishing among treatment means including orthogonal contrasts and DMRT, LSD, Turky's W, and other methods. It also introduces students to using computers in statistical analysis

Study of the main animals used in human nutrition research and how they are used and sampled, as well as their reproduction and husbandry and their dietary needs, and study of the various experiments conducted on these animals for nutritional assessment or to estimate human nutrient needs, with consideration of ethical and welfare aspects

Study of major chemical and biochemical laboratory methods used in nutrition and food science research, and advanced analytical techniques with focus on applications in nutrition and food science, including chromatography methods, electrophoresis, use of radioactive isotopes, and spectroscopic analysis

Study of the fundamentals of the scientific research process, identification and definition of the research problem, formulation of hypotheses, collection and statistical analysis of data, study of research ethics, and training in writing a research proposal