- From www.futurelearn.com
Food as Medicine
- 3 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Starts on November 8, 2020
- Ends on November 29, 2020
Course details
Syllabus
- History of food as medicine
- Food and its role in prevention and treatment
- Macronutrients, micronutrients, phytochemicals and antioxidants
- Nutrition complexities and controversies, and the importance of evidence
- Food and the gut
- Food and the brain
- Foods, fertility and pregnancy
- Food and weight
- Food and our genome
- Public health nutrition guidelines
Prerequisite
Instructors
- Helen Truby
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