Chem 80A Intro.
• 1st HALF of lecture:
• Nutrition Core Material:
– Summarize Key Concepts in Text
– Confirming your knowledge Qs
– Challenge Qs
FORMAT for EXAMS
• ≥ 6 Qs per lecture/ basis for Midterm/Final
• Go over answers in Class, fill in. . .
• Answers posted at end of Lecture Slides
• 2nd HALF: finish lecture and discussion
– concepts and controversies
Chem 80A Introduction
• 1st Assignment
• On Paper – please pass forward . . .
– Name,
– Email (PRINT CLEARLY)
– Your Major or why you took this class
– What you hope to learn from the course
– A Nutritional science topic you’d like to see discussed.
– (e.g. dieting, caffeine, anti-aging, prev. medicine etc.)
– 12 lectures/ 2 day
Chemistry 80A - TEXT
(Concepts and Controversies)
Required text: Contemporary Nutrition, 7th Edition
GOOD RESOURCES
Optional Texts:
AMA Encyclopedia of Medicine
Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine
Womens Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine
New Harvard Guide to Womens Health
Nutritional Influences on Disease
Nutrition Almanac
Earl Mindel’s supplement bible.
Chem 80A, Chemistry of Nutrition – Experts/Mentors
Natural Products/
Nutritional Science
Colleagues
(ACADEMIA)
Prof. Phil Crews (1970 - )
UCSC Chemistry Dept.
Marine Natural Products Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry
200 Publications
Prof. Tony Fink (1968-2008)
UCSC Chemistry Dept.
Protein Biochemistry
200+ Publications
Instructor Chem 80A 1970-2004
http://www.chemistry.ucsc.edu/faculty/fink.html
Prof. Len Bjeldanes (1970-)
UCB Nutrition & Etox Dept.
Phytochemicals & Nutrition
100 Publications
http://nst.berkeley.edu/faculty/bjeldanes.html
http://www.chemistry.ucsc.edu/faculty/crews.html
Natural Products/
Nutritional Science
Colleagues
(INDUSTRY)
Gretchen Vannice, MS, RD
SJSU/ Stanford/UCSF
Aptos Natural Foods
Nordic Naturals
omega 3 fatty acids
http://www.omega3learning.purdue.edu/aboutus/role/executive-committee/vannice/
Anthony Almada, B.Sc. M.Sc.
UCI, UCB, R&D Rainbow Light
CoFounder EAS
Pioneering work -Creatine
CSO-Imaginutrition/ Metaresponse sciences
http://www.imaginutrition.com/
Introduction to Chemistry of Nutrition
What are the 3 big Concepts/Controversies in Nutrition?
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3.
What are some Nutrition related examples of these ?
1.
2.
3.
Vitamin C
Introduction to Chemistry of Nutrition
• Major goal in finding Nutritional Information?
FACTS
Vitamin C
Folklore
FAD
How does a FACT in Nutritional Science get Established?
1.
a.
b.
Introduction to Chemistry of Nutrition
• What are the best sources of Nutritional FACTS ?
• 1. Firstly 2. Secondly –
3. Thirdly • 4. Lastly What are the best Peer reviewed Journals & how do you determine this?
1.
2.
e.g. search “IF” for Natural Products Letters vs
J. of Natural Products
Chapter 1
Lecture
Outline