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This course aims to help students in understanding the importance of micronutrients for health. It will help to synthesize nutrition knowledge; learn the relationship between micronutrients with various diseases; studying recent publications that discuss the relationship between diseases and micronutrients. It will enable the learners to have in-depth knowledge about various micronutrients (vitamins and minerals); The properties, digestion, absorption, metabolism of fat-soluble vitamins like A, D, E, K and their relationships with diseases; The properties, digestion, absorption, metabolism of water-soluble vitamins like vitamins C and B vitamins; The properties, digestion, absorption, metabolism of macro minerals like Ca Mg, P, Cl, K, Na, and microminerals like Fe, I, Zn, Se, Mn, Co, Cu, F nd their relationships with diseases. It will also help students to understand the basic facts about oxidative stress, inflammation, the immune system, and the role of micronutrients in aging, CVD, Diabetes, cancer, and other related lifestyle disorders. |
- Teacher: Pushpa DHAMI