Fundamentals of Nutrition
BIOL 1400 / Winter 2013 / Macomb Community College
Cliff Belleau - Adjunct Instructor



     
  Student Resources:  
  Lectures, Study Guides, Videos, and Articles of Interest  
     
 
 
  C1 - Choosing What You Eat and Why  
 
 
 
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  C2 - Guidelines for Designing a Healthy Diet  
 
 
 
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Home Work Assignments
> The Scientific Method
> Anatomy of a Food Label
> Calories in a Sandwich
> Food Label Calculation (1)
> Food Label Calculations (2)
> Nutrient Density
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C3 - The Human Body: A Nutrition Perspective

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C4 - Energy Nutrients and Energy Balance

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C5 - Lipids

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C6 - Proteins

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C7 - Energy Balance and Weight Control

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C8 - Overview of the Macronutrients

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Home Work Assignments
> DNA Structure and Replication
> Gene Translation
> Addition and Deletion Mutations
> Bacterial Transformation
> Bi-directional DNA Replication
> Complemetary DNA
> Conjugation: Transfer of Chromosomal DNA
> Conjugation: Transfer of the F Plasmid
> Construction of a Plasmid Vector
> Direct Repair
> DNA Replication E. coli
> DNA Replication Fork
> How Translation Works
> Integration and Excision of a Plasmid
> Regulation of the lac Operon
> Mutation by Base Substitution
> Polymerase Chain Reaction
> Processing of Gene Information: Prokayotes vs Eukaryotes
> Protein Synthesis
> Recombination
> Restriction Endonucleases
> Restriction Fragment Length Polyorphisms
> Specialized Transduction by Temperate Phage
> Structural Basis of DNA Replication
> The lac Operon Induction
> Transcription of RNA from DNA
> Transductin Generalized
> Transposons Shifting Segments of the Genome
   
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C9 - Nutrients Involved in Fluid and Electrolyte Balance

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Home Work Assignments
> Sterilization vs Disinfection vs Antisepsis
> How Penicillin Works
> Protein Denaturation
   
Articles of Interest
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C10 - Nutrients That Funciton as Antioxidants

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Home Work Assignments
> How Some Antibiotics Disrupt Protein Synthesis
> Antiviral Agents
> Antibiotics & The Cell Wall
> Drug Resistance
> Antibiotic Inhibition of Protein Synthesis
> Antiviral Agents
> Cell Wall Antibiotics
> Drug Resistance
   
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C11 - Nutrients Involved in Bone Health

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C12 - Micronutrient Function in Energy Metabolism and Blood Health

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> Interferon
> Complement Activation
> Complement Function
> Inflammation
> Lymphatic System
> Non-specific Resistance
> Phagocytosis
   
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C13 - Nutrition: Fitness and Sports

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Home Work Assignments
> Antibodies
> Antibody Diversity
> Antigen Processing
> Antigenic Depterminants: Epitopes
> Clonal Selection
> Constructing Vaccines
> Cytotoxic T Cell Activity Against Target Cells
> The Immune Response
> Super Antigens
> T Cells
> T Cell Dependent Antigens
> Vaccinations
   
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C14 - Eating Disorders

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Home Work Assignments
> Agglutination and Percipitation
> Complement Fixation Test
> ELISA (Enzyme Linked Immunosorbant Assay
> FISH
   
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C15 - Undernutrition Throughout the World

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> Dr. Samuel Katz -- What is measles? (inventor of measles virus)
> Impetigo
> Chickenpox and Shingles
> Ringworm Diseases
> Conjunctivitis
> Necrotizing Fasciitis
> MRSA & Necrotizing Fasciitis (53 min lecture on biology of Staph Aureus)
   
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C16 - Saftey of Our Food Supply

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> How Prions Arise
> Prion Diseases
> Spongiform Prions
   
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C17 - Pregnancy and Breastfeeding

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> HIV Replication
> How the HIV Infection Cycle Works
> Malaria Life Cycle of the Plasmodium
> HIV Replication
> HIV Treatment
> Treatment of HIV Infection
   
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C18 - Nutrition from Infancy Through Adolescence

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> Respiratory System Overview
> A-B Exotoxins (Diphtheria Exotoxin)
   
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C19 - Nutrition During Adulthood

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Miscellaneous Resources

> National Institutes of Health
> Center for Disease Control and Prevention
> American Council on Science & Health
> Food and Drug Administration
> American Dietetic Association
> Nutrition Data / Create "Food Fact Labels"
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> Calorie King for Food Awareness
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Nutrition for Healthy Living / BIO-1400
Cliff Belleau / Instructor















 
Biology 1400
Nutrition for Healthy Living


Welcome to my "Nutrition for Healthy Living" Web site. I am not teaching Nutrition this semester, however. You may use the resources in this site to satisfy your curiosity about nutrition and to improve your health so you can live a happier, healthier and longer life!

If you have questions about nutrition, please contact me at belleauc@macomb.edu .

 
   

Dietary Analysis Paper

   
   
   
 
Food Log Sample Worksheets
 
   
   

Chapter Study Guides

 

Chapter Study Guides are designed to help you identify key concepts and prepare for the unit exams.  The Chapter Study Guides are not required but I strongly recommend that you do the Chapter Study Guides. You may earn bonus points if you complete the Chapter Study Guides! Bonus points are added to the corresponding test score for each chapter. 

In order to receive the bonus points, you will need to turn in the Chapter Study Guides either before or on the day that we cover the chapter as a lecture topic.  This means you must read the chapter before I cover the material in class!  

I know from experience that students who do the Chapter Study Guides receive better grades in the class.  These students generally earn an “A” in the class.  This should not surprise you.  It is simply a function of “time on task” and coming to class prepared for the lectures. 

Students who do the Chapter Study Guides are familiar with the topic(s) that will be covered in the lecture.  If they read something in the text book while doing the study guide and don't understand the subject, then they know to ask a question during the lecture to clarify the topic. 

By doing the Chapter Study Guides, you are prepared to participate in the class.  This will make the classroom experience more rewarding for everybody, both the instructor and the students!

 
   

Articles of Interest

 
These general interest nutritional articles are provided to expose you to relevant current topics, to stimulate classroom discussion, and to complement information from the textbook and lecture. I have listed some articles below but you can follow this link to see the complete list. Some of these articles will also be featured in the "Chapter Reference Material".
 
     
 
 
 
 

Chapter Reference Material

 
Chapter 1: The Basics of Nutrition
 
 
 
 
Chapter 2: Evaluating Nutrition Information
 
 
 
 
Chapter 3: Planning Nutritious Diets
 
 
 
 
Chapter 4: Body Basics
 
 
 
 
Chapter 5: Carbohydrates
 
 
 
 
Chapter 6: Fats and Other Lipids
 
 

 
Chapter 7: Proteins
 
 

 
Chapter 8: Vitamins
 
 

 
Chapter 9: Water and Minerals
 
 

 
Chapter 10: Energy Balance and Weight Control
 
 

 
Chapter 11: Nutrition for Physically Active Lifestyles
 
 

 
Chapter 12: Food Safety Concerns
 
 

 
Chapter 13: Nutrition for a Lifetime
 
 


Custom ARIS Website for BIO-1400

 
This is a great online resource!  Make sure that you use this site. It has flash cards, chapter outcomes, animated quizzes and practice exams.  After you take the practice exam, it is immediately scored for you and a brief explanation about the questions and answers are provided.
 
     
   
     
 
Note:  Students DO NOT need to register or login to access these resources.  Simply follow the link above and click on the RESOURCE folder that you want to use.
 
 

Resource Web sites for BIO-1400

 
 

Video Library Links

   
 

Viruses and The Emerging H1N1 Pandemic

   
 
Note: On 8/10/10 the CDC announced that the 2010 pandemic was officially over.  The "flu stain" which caused the pandemic will be included in the 2010 vaccination.
 

Health Topics

   
 

 
Physicians for a National Health Program
Our Mission: Single-Payer National Health Program
 

 
The U.S. spends twice as much as other industrialized nations on health care, $8,160 per capita. Yet our system performs poorly in comparison and still leaves 50.7 million without health coverage and millions more inadequately covered.

Greg Silver, MD
 
 

This is because private insurance bureaucracy and paperwork consume one-third (31 percent) of every health care dollar. Streamlining payment through a single nonprofit payer would save more than $400 billion per year, enough to provide comprehensive, high-quality coverage for all Americans. (Visit PNHP's Web Site)

 
   

Sick Around the World / FrontLine

 
"In Sick Around the World, Frontline teams up with veteran Washington Post foreign correspondent T.R. Reid to find out how five other capitalist democracies --(United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, Taiwan and Switzerland) -- deliver health care, and what the United States might learn from their successes and their failures." April 15, 2008   This is a must see for anyone interested in health care.
 
     
   
 

Food Inc. 

 
Food Inc. by Robert Kenner : Watch on YouTube a brief introduction to this important award winning documentary about "the food-industrial complex".
 
     
 
Food Inc.  / Reviews by Los Angeles Times, Variety, Entertainment Weekly :  Visit Mr. Kenner's official site to find reviews and detailed information about this important work.
 
 

Recommended Reading List for Health Care Professionals
 
  • The End of Overeating by David A. Kessler, MD
  • The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better,
    Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care by T.R. Reid
 
 
Lecture Notes
 
 
  1. The Basics of Nutrition
  2. Evaluating Nutrition Information
  3. Planning Nutritious Diets
  4. Body Basics
  5. Carbohydrates
  6. Fats and Other Lipids
  7. Proteins
  8. Vitamins
  9. Water and Minerals
  10. Energy Balance and Weight Control
  11. Nutrition for Physical Active Lifestyles
  12. Food Safety Concerns
  13. Nutrition for a Lifetme