Chem 80A Intro.• 1st HALF of lecture:

• Nutrition Core Material:

– Summarize Key Concepts in Text– Confirming your knowledge Qs– Challenge Qs

FORMAT for EXAMS• ≥ 6 Qs per lecture/ basis for Midterm/Final• Go over answers in Class, fill in. . .• Answers posted at end of Lecture Slides

• 2nd HALF: finish lecture and discussion– concepts and controversies

• 1st Assignment

• On Paper – please pass forward . . .

– Name, – Email (PRINT CLEARLY)– Your Major or why you took this class

– What you hope to learn from the course

– A Nutritional science topic you’d like to see discussed.– (e.g. dieting, caffeine, anti-aging, prev. medicine etc.)– 12 lectures/ 2 day

Chem 80A Introduction

Chemistry 80A - TEXT(Concepts and Controversies)

Required text: Contemporary Nutrition, 7th Edition

GOOD RESOURCESOptional Texts: AMA Encyclopedia of Medicine

Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine

Womens Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine New Harvard Guide to Womens Health

Nutritional Influences on Disease Nutrition Almanac

Earl Mindel’s supplement bible.

Chem 80A, Chemistry of Nutrition – Experts/Mentors

Prof. Phil Crews (1970 - )UCSC Chemistry Dept.Marine Natural Products ChemistryAnalytical Chemistry200 Publicationshttp://www.chemistry.ucsc.edu/faculty/crews.html

Prof. Tony Fink (1968-2008)UCSC Chemistry Dept.Protein Biochemistry200+ PublicationsInstructor Chem 80A 1970-2004http://www.chemistry.ucsc.edu/faculty/fink.html

Prof. Len Bjeldanes (1970-)UCB Nutrition & Etox Dept.Phytochemicals & Nutrition100 Publicationshttp://nst.berkeley.edu/faculty/bjeldanes.html

Gretchen Vannice, MS, RDSJSU/ Stanford/UCSFAptos Natural FoodsNordic Naturalsomega 3 fatty acidshttp://www.omega3learning.purdue.edu/about-us/role/executive-committee/vannice/

Anthony Almada, B.Sc. M.Sc.UCI, UCB, R&D Rainbow LightCoFounder EASPioneering work -CreatineCSO-Imaginutrition/ Metaresponse scienceshttp://www.imaginutrition.com/

Natural Products/Nutritional Science Colleagues (INDUSTRY)

Natural Products/Nutritional Science Colleagues (ACADEMIA)

What are the 3 big Concepts/Controversies in Nutrition?

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What are some Nutrition related examples of these ?

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Introduction to Chemistry of Nutrition

Vitamin C

• Major goal in finding Nutritional Information?

Introduction to Chemistry of Nutrition

FACTS

FAD

Vitamin C

Folklore

How does a FACT in Nutritional Science get Established?1.

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• What are the best sources of Nutritional FACTS ?• 1. Firstly -

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3. Thirdly -• 4. Lastly -

Introduction to Chemistry of Nutrition

What are the best Peer reviewed Journals & how do you determine this?1.2.

e.g. search “IF” for Natural Products Letters vsJ. of Natural Products

Chapter 1

LectureOutline