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Are you seeking detailed knowledge of the fundamentals of human nutrition?
If yes, stop searching here and there. Kristina von Castel-Roberts, a nutrition professor at University of Florida has designed a totally free online course for you with the name “Fundamentals of Human Nutrition”. This introductory course will provide you with an overview of the basic principles of nutritional science.
This course is totally free and is offered fully online. Moreover, there is no pre-requisite for this course. If you have an internet connection and an enthusiastic attitude, register today and learn fundamentals of human nutrition. The course consists of short video lectures coupled with other readings. Subject matter includes:
- Description and functions of nutrients
- Digestion and absorption
- Effects of nutrient deficiencies and toxicities
- Human body requirements
- Food sources
- Nutrient interactions
- Dietary guidelines, and
- The role of nutrition in health and disease.
If you successfully complete this course you will earn a Statement of Accomplishment with Distinction, signed by the course instructor, Dr. Kristina von Castel-Roberts. At the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Recognize the nutrients essential for human body, dietary sources to get these nutrients and their major functions in the body
- Effect of insufficient or excessive intake of these nutrients
- Understand and explain the processes of food digestion and its absorption by the body
- Understand and explain the terms energy balance and calorie balance and methods to calculate energy requirement of a human body.
Kristina von Castel-Roberts teaches nutrition at University of Florida, the same university from where she did her PhD in Human Nutrition. In her PhD, Kristina focused on vitamin B12 nutrition and metabolism, and in her teachings she focuses on basic nutrition and nutrition in health care and public health.

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