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Metabolism & Nutrition – Lecture 2: Energy metabolism
The second lecture in the Metabolism & Nutrition course was delivered by Bert Groen, from the department of Pediatrics. [It was originally planned after the Fat metabolism lecture, which was...
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Metabolism & Nutrition – Lecture 5: Metabolic regulation
The topic of the fifth lecture in the RuG Metabolism & Nutrition course, delivered by Hans Jonker, was regulation of energy metabolism, detailing how the body maintains the homeostatic balance...
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Metabolism & Nutrition – Tutorial 6: Metabolic regulation
Tutorial no. 6 for the RuG Metabolism & Nutrition course builds on the lecture [Lecture 5] on the same subject by Hans Jonker. It is also the subject which me and two others have to give a...
View ArticleMetabolism & Nutrition – Tutorial 7: Eatmeter
During the last tutorial in the RuG Metabolism & Nutrition course, Janine used the aggregated data from all the eatmeter food logs submitted by Group C to bring much of the course’s material closer...
View ArticleMetabolism & Nutrition – Lecture 7: Integration of metabolism
The seventh and final lecture in the RuG Metabolism & Nutrition course was again delivered by Janine Kruit. This lecture tried to integrate the topics of the previous lectures, with the take-home...
View ArticleMetabolism & Nutrition – Lecture 4: Carbohydrate metabolism
After the fat lectures today, the 4th lecture in the RuG Metabolism & Nutrition course was about carbodydrate metabolism. Carbohydrate chemistry Carbohydrates (CH₂O)m range from monosaccharides...
View ArticleMetabolism & Nutrition – Lecture 6: Proteins and amino acids
The fifth lecture in the RuG Metabolism & Nutrition course was again delivered by Janine Kruit, the topic being the metabolism of proteins and amino acids. Proteins consist of amino acids, 9 of...
View ArticleMetabolism & Nutrition – Lecture 3: Fat metabolism
The fat metabolism lecture—lecture 3 in the RuG Metabolism & Nutrition course—is really two lectures: lecture 3A and 3B are delivered by Janine Kruit and Uwe Tietge, respectively. Lipid...
View ArticleMetabolism & Nutrition – Tutorial 1: Caloric restriction (CR)
For the 2015 Metabolism & Nutrition course at the RuG, I’m asked to read two papers on two parralel studies on increased longevity of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) through caloric restriction...
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Metabolism & Nutrition – Tutorial 3: Nutrition and epigenetics
The third tutorial for the RuG Metabolism & Nutrition course, was introduced and moderated by Torsten Plösch, who specializes in the epigenetic effects of nutrition during pregnancy. The epigenetic...
View ArticleMetabolism & Nutrition: learning objectives
Lectures Energy metabolism “Explain the Harris-Benedict principle.” Mean energy requirements are ~2000–2400 kcal/day, slightly less for ♀♀ than for ♂♂. Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) can be estimated using...
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