2019 Fall Trimester

NUTR5202 FOOD AS MEDICINE: DEFINITION/PRACTICE

Prerequisite: NUTR5002The concept and value of food as providing more than nutrients per se will be covered including evidence-based research onfood-based eating plans and the health benefits they provide. Information regarding healthy eating plans that have survivedgenerations and across cultures/nations will be included as will what is known about healthy eating within the context ofhealthy living as noted by Hippocrates. As Hippocrates said "If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishmentand exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health."

Credits

2

Prerequisite

NUTR5002