NH738 - Advanced Nutrition
Naturopathic Medicine and Health Care
Barry A. Broughton, NMD, Ph.D. E-Mail | Vita
Naturopathic Physician
Instructor Contact Information: I would prefer to be contacted via e-mail at
nmdphd@canyoncollege.edu
If you would like to speak via telephone please e-mail me and we will arrange a time that is convenient for you to
call.
Remember to include your name, student ID number and course name and number (NH738) when
communicating.
Course Overview: This is three-semester hour course designed to be completed in ten weeks. Students
must complete all required weekly reading assignments prior to taking the mid-term and final examinations. As
soon as you receive your textbooks you may begin your course of study. The course schedule and assignments are
listed below.
Introduction: Welcome to Advanced Nutrition, a required course for the Doctor of Naturopathy Degree in
the School of Naturopathic Medicine & Health Care at Canyon College. Nutrition has long been one of the
primary modalities used in naturopathic health care; not only for the prevention of disease, but also in healing of
the human body and for the restoration of health. This course will focus on nutrition as a science that integrates
biochemistry from the cellular level through the integration and regulation of metabolism in the whole organism.
The goal of this course is to apply the basic sciences to the study and understanding of the metabolism of
macronutrients in the body and how it relates to nutritional health. This course will give students the needed
understanding of nutrition at the biochemical and metabolic level so that the information may be applied to clinical
nutrition.
This course is a prerequisite for NH 745 Nutritional Therapeutics.
Course objectives:
Describe the structure, function and metabolism of macronutrients.
Describe the functions, sources and requirements of micronutrients.
Describe the enzymatic and hormonal affects on the metabolism on macronutrients.
Describe the metabolism and biochemistry of macronutrients during different physiological states.
Describe the micronutrients needed as co-factors in macronutrient metabolism.
Advanced Nutrition and Human Metabolism, 4th edition by Gropper, Smith and Groff. Thomson Wadsworth
Publishing: 2005. ISBN #: 0534559867
Naturopathy for the 21st Century, Combing Old and New by Robert J. Thiel. Whitman Publications: 2000.
ISBN #: 1885653085
Super Size Me (DVD Movie) directed by Morgan Spurlock. Hart Sharp Video: 2004. ISBN #: 1404967990
Recommended References:
Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 3rd edition by Balch and Balch. Avery: 2000. ISBN #: 1583330771
Students are required to obtain their own textbooks and are encouraged to acquire the texts as soon as possible in
order to have the required reading completed prior to testing.
Examinations: Examinations are taken online via the Canyon College website. The two exams for this
course are programmed and located in the “classroom” for this course. To access the exams you must send me a
message via e-mail at nmdphd@canyoncollege.edu and request
to have access to the examination. Once you have been authorized access to the exam you will be notified. You
then need to proceed to the classroom, click on testing, and click on the exam you are taking. You will need your
User ID and Password to access the exam. After you have completed the examination it will be graded and you
will be notified of your score.
The Mid-term Examination must be completed by the end of Week 5, and the Final Exam must be completed by the
end of Week 10. A grade of Incomplete will be given if the examinations are not completed on time.
Grading: Examinations are objective in nature containing multiple choice and true/false type questions.
The number of questions per examination will vary from 200-250 questions. The grading scale is as follows:
90-100%
80-89%
70-79%
69% and below
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B
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Fail
A passing score of 70% is required on all examinations.
Course Schedule:
Upon registering for the course and receiving your textbooks/reference material, contact me via email and provide
me with some information about yourself, including:
Contact information including e-mail address and student ID number.
Your experience, if any, in the health care field.
Your academic background.
Your personal and professional goals upon completion of this course and the ND program at Canyon College.
Weekly Assignments:
Week 1 - View the DVD/movie Super Size Me, to include the “Extra Interviews” portion of the DVD.
Read Chapters 21-24 of Naturopathy for the 21st Century by Thiel.
The remaining reading assignments are from Advanced Nutrition and Human Metabolism, 4th edition.
Chapter 1 - The Cell: Microcosm of Life.
Perspective: Cellular Enzymes on the Loose: Indicators of Disease.
Chapter 2 - The Digestive System: Mechanism for Nourishing the Body.
Perspective: An Overview of Selected Disorders of the Digestive System with Implications for Nourishing the Body.
Week 2 – Chapter 3 - Energy Transformation.
Perspective: If Oxidation and Phosphorylation Disconnect: A Waste of Energy!
Chapter 4 - Carbohydrates.
Perspective: Diabetes: Hypoglycemia: Fact or Fall Guy?
Chapter 5 - Fiber.
Perspective: Phytochemicals and Herbal Supplements In Health and Disease.
Week 3 - Chapter 6 - Lipids.
Perspective: The Role of Lipids and Lipoproteins in Atherogenesis.
Perspective: Nutrigenomics: The Foundation of Individualized Nutrition.
Week 4 – Chapter 7 - Protein.
Perspective: Protein Turnover: Starvation Versus Stress.
Week 5 - Chapter 8 - Integration and Regulation of Metabolism and the Impact of Exercise and Sport.
Perspective: Diabetes: Metabolism Out of Control.
Perspective: Nutrient Usage during Strenuous Exercise.
The Mid-term Examination must be completed by the end of week 5.
Week 6 – Chapter 9 - Water Soluble Vitamins.
Perspective: Genetics and Nutrition: Human Folate Needs and Chronic Disease.
Week 7 – Chapter 10 - Fat Soluble Vitamins.
Perspective: The Antioxidant Nutrient: Reactive Species and Disease.
Weeks 8 and 9
Chapter 11 - Macrominerals.
Perspective: Macrominerals and Hypertension. Perspective: Osteoporosis and Diet.
Chapter 12 - Microminerals
Perspective: Nutrient Drug Interactions.
Chapter 13 - Ultratrace Elements.
Week 10 - Chapter 14 - Body Fluid and Electrolyte Balance.
Perspective: Fluid Balance and the Thermal Stress of Exercise.
Chapter 15 - Body Composition and Energy Expenditure.
Perspective: Eating Disorders.
Chapter 16 - Experimental Design and Critical Interpretation of Research.
The Final Examination must be completed by the end of week 10.
