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Educational Institute Course Objectives
Session: Nutrition Principles for the Clinician
Objectives:
At the end of this session you should be able to:
- Understand how poor dietary trends have lead to alarming prevalence rates of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer and other chronic diseases.
- The current state of the American diet.
- Role and importance of the macronutrients, micronutrients and minerals.
- The structure and function of proteins, lipids and carbohydrates.
- The significance of glycemic index/glycemic load for optimal nutrition.
- The types, role and therapeutic applications of dietary fiber.
- The nature, composition and role of fats and oils.
- The impact, advantages and disadvantages of various food pyramids.
- What constitutes the fundamentals of healthy eating.
- Appreciate and recognize the role and responsibility of society for promoting good nutrition.
- Understand how to respond to the nutritional needs of our nation.
- Learn the challenges for modifying the nation's poor nutritional behaviors.
Session: Pathophysiology and Nutrition I
Objectives:
At the end of this session you should be able to:
- Understand the different types, sources and nature of oxidants or free radicals.
- Learn the role and impact of oxidant stress on health.
- Explain how oxidant stress may play a role in the pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease, cancer, aging, retinopathy and other diseases.
- Know the biomarkers for evaluating oxidant stress.
- Learn the importance and functions of antioxidants.
- Know the various bioflavonoids, antioxidant vitamins and minerals.
- Appreciate the recent medical literature on the bioflavonoids including: in vitro studies, animal models and clinical trials.
- Know the principles and significance of the ORAC assay.
- Appreciate the natural food sources that are high in ORAC.
Session: Pathophysiology and Nutrition II
Objectives:
At the end of this session you should be able to:
- Appreciate the role of inflammation in chronic diseases such as: cardiovascular, asthma, arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, rhino-sinusitis.
- Know the key cell types, cytokines, eicosonoids and adhesion molecules involved in the inflammatory process
- Learn the importance of biomarkers in inflammation
- Understand the omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acid metabolic pathways
- Know the consequences of an overproduction of omega-6 with a concomitant underproduction of omega-3 fatty acids.
- Appreciate the AHA guidelines for the use of omega-3.
- Understand the role of Vitamins B-6, B-12 and folate in homocysteine metabolism.
- Know the importance of homocysteine in inflammation and cardiovascular disease.
Session: Metabolism and Nutrition
Objectives:
At the end of this session you should be able to:
- Understand the importance, role and effects of insulin resistance in contributing to abnormal carbohydrate metabolism.
- Learn the pathways towards developing insulin resistance.
- Describe the spectrum and features of abnormal carbohydrate metabolism including: early, late insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome and Type II diabetes.
- Learn the essentials of an effective weight management system including: nutritional interventions, patient education, training and follow up.
- Review the importance of low glycemic index foods for weight control
- Understand the role of calcium and vitamin D in normal bone metabolism.
Session: Nutrigenetics and Clinical Applications
Objectives:
At the end of this session you should be able to:
- Know the fundamental principles of genetic testing with respect to its applications to nutritional requirements.
- Explain the concept of genetic nucleotide polymorphism (gene SNP) and provide some examples.
- Appreciate the applications of gene SNP to areas such as: heart health, antioxidant/detoxification mechanisms, Vitamin B metabolism, bone health, diseases of inflammation and insulin sensitivity.
- Learn how to interpret and explain a gene SNP report to your patients.
- Appreciate the future role and direction of nutrigenetics.
Session: Nutrition Interventions Part I and II
Objectives:
At the end of this session you should be able to:
- Know the fundamentals of nutrition supplement and bioavailability and delivery
- Learn what nutritional modalities are needed for: optimal health and health maintenance, bone and joint health, immune health, anti-inflammation, digestive health, vision and cognitive health female and male health
- Describe the benefits and define the role for key nutritional ingredients including: glucosamine, omega-3 fish oils, calcium, bioflavonoids (i.e. lutein, lycopene, oligomeric proanthocyanidins, polyphenols), fat and water soluble vitamins, minerals, fiber and some common herbs.
Session: Educating and Motivating Patients
Objectives:
At the end of this session you should be able to:
- Learn how to educate and motivate patients to improve compliance.
- Understand how to use audio, DVDs and printed materials to implement an effective nutrition patient education program into your practice.
- Know how to navigate and effectively use the Natural Comprehensive Medicine Database.
- Learn the importance of literature searches and databases.
Session: Quality Control and Regulatory Issues in the Nutraceutical Industry
Objectives:
At the end of this session you should be able to:
- Understand the regulatory issues of the nutrition supplemental industry such as DSHEA.
- Know the difference between a structure/function claim vs. a disease claim.
- Provide examples of structure/function claims for a particular supplement.
- Learn the essentials of risk management when using nutritional interventions.
- Review the fundamentals of HIPPA.
- Know how to report adverse reactions for nutritional supplements.
- Appreciate the quality control measures that are important when evaluating a nutritional supplement.