Course: Nutraceuticals in Nutrition and a Healthy Lifestyle

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Course title Nutraceuticals in Nutrition and a Healthy Lifestyle
Course code TUACHP/TP3NV
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Mrázková Martina, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
- Definition of food supplements and dietary supplements, legislation in the EU, subsequent regulations in the Czech Republic, current status. - Rational nutrition - basic nutritional recommendations. - Use of state supplements as preventive means in human nutrition. - Nutritional strategy in the prevention of chronic fatigue syndrome. - Use of nutraceuticals in weight loss. - Substances that influence the structure of the organism (body design). - Substances used in certain periods of life, in old age, and to influence biorhythms. - Ingredients of selected foods and their biological activity. - Increasing the nutritional value of the diet. - Eating habits, choice of food, factors influencing inappropriate eating. - Evaluation of the nutritional status of the organism. - Drawing up sample menus for selected physiological groups, changing meals. - Lactic acid bacteria (probiotics) and prebiotics as important functional components of food. - Specific selected examples of important functional foods

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming), Practice exercises
  • Preparation for examination - 150 hours per semester
learning outcomes
Knowledge
define dietary supplements and dietary supplements
define dietary supplements and dietary supplements
characterise selected groups of nutraceuticals
characterise selected groups of nutraceuticals
describe basic nutritional recommendations for individual physiological groups
describe basic nutritional recommendations for individual physiological groups
define selected functional foods
define selected functional foods
describe the effects of nutraceuticals on human nutrition and the ingredients in selected foods.
describe the effects of nutraceuticals on human nutrition and the ingredients in selected foods.
Skills
characterise the use of nutraceuticals as preventive means in human nutrition
characterise the use of nutraceuticals as preventive means in human nutrition
apply knowledge of nutraceutical legislation
apply knowledge of nutraceutical legislation
describe the possibilities of using nutraceuticals for individual physiological groups
describe the possibilities of using nutraceuticals for individual physiological groups
compile a sample menu for individual physiological groups
compile a sample menu for individual physiological groups
evaluate the nutritional status of the organism
evaluate the nutritional status of the organism
teaching methods
Knowledge
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Skills
Practice exercises
Practice exercises
assessment methods
Knowledge
Didactic test
Oral examination
Oral examination
Written examination
Written examination
Didactic test
Recommended literature
  • Fraňková, Slávka. Výživa a psychické zdraví. Vyd. 1. Praha : ISV, 1996. ISBN 80-85866-13-7.
  • Kohout, P. Potraviny - Součást zdravého životního stylu. Forsapi, 2010. ISBN 9788087327395.
  • SCHMIDL, M.K., LABUZA, T.P. Essentials of Functional Foods. Aspen Publication, 2000. ISBN 0-8342-1261-7.
  • WATSON, R.R., PREEDY, V.R. Bioactive Food as Dietary Interventions for Cardiovascular Disease. Academic Press Elsevier Inc., 2013. ISBN 978-0-12-396485-4.
  • WATSON, R.R., PREEDY, V.R. Bioactive Food as Dietary Interventions for Liver and Gastrointestinal Disease. Academic Presss Elsevier Inc., 2013. ISBN 978-0-12-397154-8.
  • WATSON, R.R., PREEDY, V.R. Bioactive Foods in Promoting Health: Fruits and Vegetables. Academic Press Elsevier Inc., 2010. ISBN 978-0-12-374628-3.


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