Nutrition and Metabolism II
Objectives
This UC is intended that students know in depth the metabolism of the main biomolecules of the human organism and to understand the metabolism of an integrated and global manner. The role of diet on disease mechanisms. It is intended that the student is able to: (1) know the main metabolic pathways of lipids, proteins and nucleic acids; (2) support the dietary recommendations with a metabolic knowledge; (3) understand the role of vitamins in metabolic regulation and its relationship with the metabolic disease; (4) understand the role of diet in microbiota modulation and in the correction of dysbiosis; (5) understand the role of diet in epigenetic regulation; and (6) interpret the metabolism in the light of chronobiology.
General characterization
Code
41006
Credits
Available soon
Responsible teacher
Ana Isabel Gonçalves Faria,ANA FILIPA DA SILVA ALVES,ANA CATARINA DOMINGUES PEREIRA SANTOS,SUSANA ISABEL MATEUS SANTOS
Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - 0
Teaching language
EN
Prerequisites
Not applicable
Bibliography
Not applicable
Teaching method
The course is organized in lectures and theorical-practical classes: 2 weekly lectures
for all students with a duration of 50 min each; 1 practical class per week of 2 h, in
classes with a maximum of 15 students.
Theorical-practical classes will assume the presencial format and will be held in
classroom when carrying out problem based learning and in the laboratory to carry
out practical activity. Information on the support to be adopted will be provide
timely. The assessment of the practical component is continuous, corresponds to
40% of the final grade, and takes into account the following criteria: performance
and attendance of students; attitude and knowledge demonstrated by the
students.
Evaluation method
The final exam is 60% of the final grade, it is a multiple choice written
exam, and it covers all the theoretical and practical topics taught. The presence in
the examination is conditional to attendance to at least 2/3 of the practical classes
and a practical grade of at least 9.5
Subject matter
Module 1
Protein metabolism
Inborn erros of aminoacid metabolism
Purine and pyrimidine bases
Lipid metabolism
Cholesterol and bile acids; diet, cholesterol and hypertension
The macronutrients and cell signaling molecules Metabolism Integration
Module 2
Vitamins
Oligoelements
Micronutrients and metabolic disorders
Module 3
Nutrients and intrauterine ontogenesis (epigenetic regulation of gene expression)
Chronobiology, metabolism and nutrition
Metabolism in physical activity
Microbiota
Non-comunicable dchronic diseases