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    Human Nutrition Syllabus

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    The document outlines the key topics in human nutrition covered across 5 units. Unit I discusses carbohydrates, dietary fiber, and water. Unit II covers energy, basal metabolism, and energy requirements. Unit III focuses on lipids, proteins, essential fatty acids, and amino acids. Unit IV examines fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins. Unit V looks at macro minerals like calcium and phosphorus and micro minerals such as iron, iodine, copper, and zinc. For each nutrient, the summary defines it, lists sources and requirements, and describes functions, deficiencies, and more.

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    The document outlines the key topics in human nutrition covered across 5 units. Unit I discusses carbohydrates, dietary fiber, and water. Unit II covers energy, basal metabolism, and energy requirements. Unit III focuses on lipids, proteins, essential fatty acids, and amino acids. Unit IV examines fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins. Unit V looks at macro minerals like calcium and phosphorus and micro minerals such as iron, iodine, copper, and zinc. For each nutrient, the summary defines it, lists sources and requirements, and describes functions, deficiencies, and more.

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    The document outlines the key topics in human nutrition covered across 5 units. Unit I discusses carbohydrates, dietary fiber, and water. Unit II covers energy, basal metabolism, and energy requirements. Unit III focuses on lipids, proteins, essential fatty acids, and amino acids. Unit IV examines fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins. Unit V looks at macro minerals like calcium and phosphorus and micro minerals such as iron, iodine, copper, and zinc. For each nutrient, the summary defines it, lists sources and requirements, and describes functions, deficiencies, and more.

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    The document outlines the key topics in human nutrition covered across 5 units. Unit I discusses carbohydrates, dietary fiber, and water. Unit II covers energy, basal metabolism, and energy requirements. Unit III focuses on lipids, proteins, essential fatty acids, and amino acids. Unit IV examines fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins. Unit V looks at macro minerals like calcium and phosphorus and micro minerals such as iron, iodine, copper, and zinc. For each nutrient, the summary defines it, lists sources and requirements, and describes functions, deficiencies, and more.

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    HUMAN NUTRITION

    UNIT-I
    o Basic concepts of nutrients o Water
    o Carbohydrate o functions
    o Definition o water compartment
    o Sources o regulation
    o Requirements o water balance
    o Digestion and absorption and metabolism o disorders of water balance
    o Dietary fibre
    o Definition
    o types-soluble and insoluble fibre
    o sources of fibre
    o physiological effects of dietary fibre
    o role of fibre in human nutrition,
    o requirements.

    UNIT-II
    Energy Basal metabolism
    o Energy units o definition
    o determination of energy value of foods using o determination
    Bomb calorimeter
    o Gross calorific values o factors affecting BMR
    o Physiological energy value of foods o determination of energy metabolism
    during work
    o determination of energy requirement using direct o energy requirements for various types of
    calorimetry activities,
    o RQ,SDA of food, indirect calorimetry o recommended dietary allowances for
    energy for various age groups
    .
    UNIT-III
    Lipids Protein
    o Definition o definition
    o sources o sources
    o requirements o requirements
    o functions o functions
    o Digestion ,absorption and metabolism
    Essential Fatty Acids (EFA) Amino acids
    o definition o Indispensable and dispensable amino acids
    o functions o special function of amino acids
    o sources o protein deficiency
    o effects of deficiency o Evaluation of protein quality - PER, BV, NPU, NPR
    o chemical score, mutual and amino acid
    supplementation of proteins.
    UNIT-IV
    Fat soluble vitamin
    Vitamin A Vitamin E
    o functions o functions
    o sources o sources
    o requirements o requirements
    o deficiency o deficiency
    o hypervitaminosis o hypervitaminosis
    Vitamin D Vitamin K
    o functions o functions
    o sources o sources
    o requirements o requirements
    o deficiency o deficiency
    o hypervitaminosis o hypervitaminosis

    Water soluble vitamin


    Vitamin B1 Vitamin B2
    o functions o functions
    o sources o sources
    o requirements o requirements
    o deficiency o deficiency
    o hypervitaminosis o hypervitaminosis
    Niacin Folic acid
    o functions o functions
    o sources o sources
    o requirements o requirements
    o deficiency o deficiency
    o hypervitaminosis o hypervitaminosis
    Vitamin B12 Vitamin B6
    o functions o functions
    o sources o sources
    o requirements o requirements
    o deficiency o deficiency
    o hypervitaminosis o hypervitaminosis
    Pantothenic acid Biotin
    o functions o functions
    o sources o sources
    o requirements o requirements
    o deficiency o deficiency
    o hypervitaminosis o hypervitaminosis
    Vitamin C
    o functions
    o sources
    o requirements
    o deficiency
    o hypervitaminosis
    UNIT- V

    Macro minerals
    Calcium Phosphorus
    o functions o functions
    o sources o sources
    o requirements o requirements
    o deficiency o deficiency
    Magnesium
    o functions
    o sources
    o requirements
    o deficiency
    Micro minerals
    Iron Iodine
    o functions o functions
    o sources o sources
    o requirements o requirements
    o deficiency o deficiency
    o hypervitaminosis o hypervitaminosis
    Copper Zinc
    o functions o functions
    o sources o sources
    o requirements o requirements
    o deficiency o deficiency
    o hypervitaminosis o hypervitaminosis
    Chromium Sodium
    o functions o functions
    o sources o sources
    o requirements o requirements
    o deficiency o deficiency
    o hypervitaminosis o hypervitaminosis
    Potassium Selenium
    o functions o functions
    o sources o sources
    o requirements o requirements
    o deficiency o deficiency
    o hypervitaminosis o hypervitaminosis
    Manganese
    o functions
    o sources
    o requirements
    o deficiency
    o hypervitaminosis

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