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- Date & Time Submitted: 2009-02-24
- Department: Graduate Affairs
- College: MD
- Budget Account Number: 6108
- Contact Person: Michael J. Barber, D.Phil.
- Phone: 9749908
- Email: mbarber@health.usf.edu
- Prefix: GMS
- Number: 6XXX
- Full Title: Nutrition and Metabolism
- Credit Hours: 3
- Section Type: C -
Class Lecture (Primarily)
- Is the course title variable?: N
- Is a permit required for registration?: Y
- Are the credit hours variable?: N
- Is this course repeatable?:
- If repeatable, how many times?: 0
- Abbreviated Title (30 characters maximum): Nutrition and Metabolism
- Course Online?: -
- Percentage Online:
- Grading Option:
R - Regular
- Prerequisites: None
- Corequisites: None
- Course Description: The course provides a discussion of the experimental analysis of human nutrition and the methods used in detoxification of exogenous toxins together with a critical analysis of the roles of fatty acid and amino acid metabolism in organ homeostasis.
- Please briefly explain why it is necessary and/or desirable to add this course: This course is a component of the new concentration in Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine that is part of the Medical Sciences Master's Program in the College of Medicine. The course is deigned to develop clinician and health-care professional expertize i
- What is the need or demand for this course? (Indicate if this course is part of a required sequence in the major.) What other programs would this course service? This course is a component of the new concentration in Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine that is part of the Medical Sciences Master's Program in the College of Medicine. The course is deigned to develop clinician and health-care professional expertize in the area of human nutrition and metabolism with particular emphasis on the function of the various metabolic pathways and associated diseases.
- Has this course been offered as Selected Topics/Experimental Topics course? If yes, how many times? This course has not been previously offered as a selected topic in the College of Medicine. However, portions of the material have been previously offered as part of a CME program for experienced clinicians.
- What qualifications for training and/or experience are necessary to teach this course? (List minimum qualifications for the instructor.) All of the faculty involved in this course are experienced M.D. or Ph.D. faculty with extensive experience in teaching medical and graduate students and clinical residents.
- Objectives: The major course objectives include:
• Understanding the role of nutrition in maintaining optimal health as the patient ages
• Reviewing the functions and regulation of the various catabolic and anabolic pathways that comprise intermediary metabolism.
• Discussing phase I and phase II detoxification systems and the consequences of the body’s inability to detoxify
• Identifying nutritional depletions caused by medications
• Understanding the oxidative perspective on newer treatments for autism
• Understanding the relationships among the biotransformation enzyme systems
• Identifying the common warning signs indicating that toxicity may be a factor for the patient
• Understanding the roles of physical, psychological, and spiritual health in Regenerative and Medicine
• Critically evaluating the latest information concerning bi-function detoxification processes and the capacity of specific nutrients to normalize phase I and phase II detoxification
• Identifying essential, conditionally essential and non-essential amino acids and symptoms of amino acid deficiencies
• Discussing new treatment plans for osteoporosis
• Reviewing the pharmaceutical inhibitors of Phase 1 cytochrome P450 enzymes
• Identifying treatment modalities for the dietary and nutritional support of detoxification
• Discussing new treatments for ADD/ADHD
• Identifying the risk factors for osteoporosis
• Discussing the metallothioneins and genetic polymorphisms
• Understanding the function of fatty acids in the body
• Evaluating treatments for amino acid deficiencies
• Discussing therapeutic strategies for a regenerative treatment of cancer
• Understanding disease processes that have amino acid deficiencies as an antecedent
• Identifying the diseases that can be treated with fatty acid replacement
• Understanding that fatty acid intake can change the amount of medication that a patient may need
• Instructing clinicians and patients in new pain control options used in Regenerative Medicine
• Understanding fatty acids may have profound effects on the network of inflammatory mediators altering prostanoid synthesis, PPAR activity and the response to cytokines
- Learning Outcomes: Following the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
• Understand the role of nutrition in maintaining optimal health as the patient ages
• Review the functions and regulation of the various catabolic and anabolic pathways that comprise intermediary metabolism.
• Discuss phase I and phase II detoxification systems and the consequences of the body’s inability to detoxify
• Identify nutritional depletions caused by medications
• Understand the oxidative perspective on newer treatments for autism
• Understand the relationships among the biotransformation enzyme systems
• Identify the common warning signs indicating that toxicity may be a factor for the patient
• Understand the roles of physical, psychological, and spiritual health in Regenerative and Medicine
• Critically evaluate the latest information concerning bi-function detoxification processes and the capacity of specific nutrients to normalize phase I and phase II detoxification
• Identify essential, conditionally essential and non-essential amino acids and symptoms of amino acid deficiencies
• Discuss new treatment plans for osteoporosis
• Review the pharmaceutical inhibitors of Phase 1 cytochrome P450 enzymes
• Identify treatment modalities for the dietary and nutritional support of detoxification
• Discuss new treatments for ADD/ADHD
• Identify the risk factors for osteoporosis
• Discuss the metallothioneins and genetic polymorphisms
• Understand the function of fatty acids in the body
• Be able to suggest treatments for amino acid deficiencies
• Discuss therapeutic strategies for a regenerative treatment of cancer
• Understand disease processes that have amino acid deficiencies as an antecedent
• Identify the diseases that can be treated with fatty acid replacement
• Understand that fatty acid intake can change the amount of medication that a patient may need
• Instruct clinicians and patients in new pain control options used in Regenerative Medicine
• Understand fatty acids may have profound effects on the network of inflammatory mediators altering prostanoid synthesis, PPAR activity and the response to cytokines
- Major Topics: Major course topics include:
Metabolic consequences of drug induced nutrient depletion
Discussing the effects of female hormone medications, such as oral contraceptives, on specific nutrients
Reviewing estrogen replacement therapy and its effects on vitamin and mineral depletion
Examining the adverse effects of blood pressure regulators on vitamin and mineral depletion
Discussing the impact of clinically used anti-hypertensive drugs on Coenzyme Q10-utilizing enzymes
Discussing the historical and clinical features of gut dysfunction
Reviewing the impact of upper gastrointestinal abnormalities and gut inflammation
Examining the relationship between gut function and immune dysregulation
Discussing the effects of cholesterol-lowering drugs on specific nutrients
Reviewing the impact of anticonvulsants on vitamin availability
Discussing the effects of anti-diabetic drugs on metabolism
Critically examining the impact of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) on bone metabolism
Examining the impact of anti-ulcer drugs on vitamin utilization
Discussing the nutrition effects of proton pump inhibitors, anti-inflammatory drugs and corticosteroids
Identifying nutritional concerns caused by antibiotics, antiviral agents, chemotherapy drugs, common pain medications, antacids and laxatives
Discussing the advantages of optimizing metabolic performance with specific nutrients
Examining the pathophysiological effects of stress on metabolism, obesity and sleep deprivation
Discussing the effects of hormones on metabolism, the relationship between adrenal and toxicity and imbalances in hormone levels
Critically evaluating various emerging natural therapies for stress-related health risks
Discussing the relationship between thyroid function and metabolism and the effects of pesticides on thyroid function
Reviewing the various functions of amino acids and the classification of essential/non-essential for metabolism
Identifying amino acids not traditionally associated with protein formation and their functions
Discussing the various symptoms associated with amino acid deficiencies
Describing the various functions of the individual, 20 commonly-occurring amino acids, such as arginine, methionine and tyrosine, focusing on their metabolic roles, deficiency symptoms and common nutrient sources
Discussing how amino acids are utilized in the treatment of various physiological disorders
Reviewing the effects of various environmental toxins, such as organochlorine pesticides
Examining the properties and metabolic effects of polychlorinated biphenyls
Discussing the health effects of synthetic herbicides, such as glyphosate and triazine derivatives
Reviewing the array of commonly encountered xenobiotics
Discussing the occurrence of common toxins in food, such as acrylamide, and the environment
Examining the toxicity of various metals
Discussing the metabolic roles and properties of cytochrome P450 isozymes
Reviewing phase II reactions and phase II substrate classes
Examining the various causes of impaired detoxification
Discussing functional toxicology and toxicogenomics, including clinical examples
Examining various methods for assessing toxicity
Reviewing the requirements, types and natural occurrence of various fatty acids
Critically discussing the functions of fatty acids in the body
Discussing the clinical manifestations of essential fatty acid deficiency
Reviewing the essential fatty acid nomenclature.
Identifying the various causes of fatty acid deficiencies
Reviewing the incidence of osteoporosis in women
Identifying the various risk factors for osteoporosis
Discussing the effects of caffeine on calcium metabolism
Reviewing important facts related to calcium supplementation including the effects of excess Ca2+ ingestion
Identifying various calcium rich foods and factors that decrease calcium absorption
Reviewing the production, properties, physiological requirements and isoforms of vitamin K
Discussing the cofactor roles of vitamin K in enzyme function, blood coagulation and bone mineralization
Reviewing the relationship between vitamin K and vascular health
Discussing the relationship between antioxidants and cancer
Discussing the use of vitamin C as chemotherapy
Examining the use of lipoic acid/palladium complex as a dietary supplement
Examining the clinical aspects of autism
- Textbooks: McCandless, J. “Children with Starving Brains: A Medical Treatment Guide for Autism Spectrum Disorder”. Binstock, TX: Bramble Books, 2005.
LaValle, J. “Cracking the Metabolic Code”. North Bergen, NJ: Basic Health Publications, Inc., 2004.
Lieberman, S. “The Real Vitamin & Mineral Book”. New York: Penguin Group, 2007.
Stipanuk, M. (Ed), “Biochemical, Physiological and Molecular Aspects of Human Nutrition”. Elsevier Saunders, 2006.
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