Face-to-face lessons
Food and human nutrition .
-The Need of energy :Energy Function of food, Hints of Bioenergetics
-Vitamins and minerals in food.
-Digestion and absorption of carbohydrates.
-Digestion and absorption of lipids.
-Digestion and absorption of proteins.
-Metabolic fate of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins in food .
-Nutritional considerations on the metabolism of carbohydrates .
-Nutritional considerations on lipid metabolism .
-Nutritional considerations on protein metabolism .
-Signal transduction
-Metabolic integration of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins; metabolic regulation in the feeding- fasting cycle
-Nutrition and health:
• Free radicals and oxidative stress; Food as a source of antioxidants
• Nutrigenomics
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2. U. Leuzzi, E. Bellocco, D. Barreca.Biochimica della nutrizione. Ed. ZANICHELLI
3. N. Siliprandi, G. Tettamanti .BIOCHIMICA MEDICA. Ed.PICCIN