Alternative Medicine College of Canada

Professional Distance Education

Cours Course 244

Energetics Approaches

This course aims to explain nutritional and energetic assessments based on a systemic approach of needs along with individual metabolism and characteristics.
Goals:
- Know and understand the basics of the bioenergetics aspect of nutrition in general and different nutrients in particular.
- Know and understand the methods for calculating energy needs and expenditures through a food diary and the calculation of lean mass and physical activity levels.
- Know and understand the different nutritional requirements for children, pregnant women and seniors. Learn how to assess an individual's nutritional status.
- Know and understand the calculation of basic nutrient values (protein, carbohydrates, fats, calcium, iodine, iron, magnesium, phosphorous, zinc, vitamins A, B9, B12, C, D, E).
- Discover and know the basics of the major food guides.

Pré-requis: Prerequisites:

Nutrition Basics

Crédits: Credits: 4       Heures: Hours of study: 60

Ce cours est inclus dans: This course is included in:

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Frais de scolarité: Tuition fees (if taken as single course):

$540 CAN |   $420 USD   |   €400 EURO

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Description du contenu du cours

Course Outline

Student Guide

Educational method

Contacting the school

Beginning the course

Answering questions

Correcting your answers

Planning your study schedule

Exam

Presentation and Objectives

Goals

Answer Grid # ……………………

Introduction to nutrition and energetics

Introduction

Energy exchange

The biosystem

The different types of energy exchange

The concept of enthalpy (H)

Applications

Energy produced

Yield

Cellular mechanisms

Chemical synthesis

Energy expenditures

Law of surface area

Basal metabolism

Nutritional balance and intermediary metabolism

Metabolic intermediaries

Metabolic pathways:

Importance of carbohydrates and energy metabolism

Where Does The Cell Get Its ATP?

Glycolysis

The Krebs Cycle

Electron Transport And Oxidative Phosphorylation

ATP: an essential molecule

Glycogen and carbohydrates

Energy production and fat

Energy production in the case of physical activity:

Amino acids in energy metabolism

The hierarchy of metabolic pathways

Energy storage:

Carbohydrate homeostasis

Muscle mass maintenance

Maintaining glycemia in a state of fasting

Revision

Activity 1

Study of daily calorie intake

Official nutrient intakes

The different DRI

Caloric Needs

Calculating daily energy balance

Different needs according to age and physical activity

A food diary that lists servings eaten and energy expenditures

Lean mass and physical activity level

Intake table

Usefulness of this table

Using the table

Establishing ICI

Revision

Activity2

Nutrition and particular cases

Growing children

General information

Pregnancy and breastfeeding

General information

Physical activity during pregnancy

Toxoplasmosis

Diabetes during pregnancy

Physiopathology:

Gestational diabetes

What are the complications of gestational diabetes ?

Diet after the age of 60

General information

Diet

Revision

Activity 3

Assessment of nutritional status

Why assess nutritional status?

Weight

Body composition

Lean mass (LM)

Fat mass (FM)

Obesity

Classification based on fat distribution:

A few epidemiological facts

The physiopathology of obesity

Diet in the obese individual

Energy expenditures in obese individuals

Heredity and genetics

The basic rules for treating obese individuals

Weight loss and malnutrition

Malnutrition/health problems: a vicious circle

Particular case: constitutional thinness

Revision

Activity 4

Psychological and emotional aspects of eating disorders

Food and psycho-affective aspects

Eating disorders

Hyperphagia

Hypophagia

Anorexia and bulimia

Bulimia (bulimia nervosa)

Revision

Activity 5

Answers

Activity 1

Activity 2

Activity 3

Activity 4

Activity 5

Appendix

Body Fat Percentage Correspondence Table

Exam

Evaluation Questionnaire 244

INDEX

Témoignages

Testimonials:

Great to have a broader understanding of metabolism and all involved with energy expenditures. Loved the intro to Traditional Chinese Medicine approach.

Ninke B.,
Arizona, USA

This was a very indepth course about all the specifics of macronutrients and how their chemical compositions work. very informative and I found the chapter on disordered eating very interesting and insightful.

Dariya T.,
Ontario, Canada

This was a great refresher to what I learned in my nutritional certification program.  The course was easy to follow and written very well. Thank You.

Moriah M.,
California, USA

very informative. will always go back to it for guide

Esembeson Abesum,
Montreal, QC

This course was very interesting. I learned new topics such as eating disorders, pregnancy and the function of metabolism. I am loving AMCC and their online courses. I can’t wait to start the next course! Thank You

Samantha Allain,
Nouveau-Brunswick

I really enjoyed this course. It was very well written and easy to follow. I had taken food and nutrition in university, so this was a nice refresher.

A. Cunningham,
Ontario

“For me, this course was challenging but very necessary in order to understand what is going on, in terms of energy, in our bodies. “

Angela Baird,
Ontario