Welcome to Chemistry 80A                         
                                                    (Chemistry of Nutrition)                                                 vitamin C                                                                                                                                              

                                         CONCEPTS & CONTROVERSIES                

                                               UCSC Summer Session II                                                                                                                                                                                            creatine phosphate 

                                                         

                                          Physical Sciences, Room 110: Tu_Th _F:  9-11:30 am                         

                                                                    Instructor - Tyler Johnson, Ph.D.                                 

        Text: Wardlaw & Smith, 7th Edition

                                                             CLASS EMAIL - taj_@chemistry.ucsc.edu                               

                                                                    office Hours: Tu Th F (11:30-12:30pm) - PSB 110                                                                      resveratrol

 SYLLABUS - revised  

ASSIGNMENTS               

1. 3 days of Diet Analysis Assignment 1 - Due 8/6/10
2. 2 days of Diet Analysis Assignment 2 - Due 8/26/10                                                                                                                                            
3. PBS Video Questions - Due 8/6/10
4. Food Inc. Movie Questions - Due 8/12/10
5. Sample Diet Analysis
6. Sample Caloric Requirement Calculation

LECTURES

1. Lecture 1 - Intro and Optional TEXTS
2. Lecture 1 - Chapter 1  Intro to Nutrition
3. Lecture 2 - Chapter 2  Healthy Diets
4. Lecture 2 - supplemental
5. Lecture 3 - Chapter 7  Energy Balance & Weight management
6. Lecture 4 - Chapter 3  Intro to Metabolism
7. Lecture 5 - Chapter 4  Carbohydrates & Fiber
8. Lecture 6 - Chapter 5  Lipids & Trans Fats
9. Lecture 7 - Chapter 6  Protein & Vegetarian Diets 
10. Lecture 8 - Chapter 8  Vitamins
11. Lecture 9 - Chapter 9  Water & Minerals
12. Lecture 10 - Chapter 10 Nutrition & Fitness
13. Lecture 11 - Chapter 11 Eating Disorders
14. Lecture 12 - Chapter 13 Food & Water Safety
15. Lecture 13 - Chapter 16 Anti-aging, Cancer, Preventative Medicine

Exams

    Midterm - 2004 Chem 80A

    Midterm  2010 Key A

    Midterm 2010 Key B

    Practice Final - 2004 Chem 80A

SEARCH ENGINES for BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH - You have questions? ~ The Abstracts have answers. . .

1. Web of Science

2. Google Scholar

Useful Links:

1. CHEM 80A - 2004

2. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference

3. Daily Caloric Requirement Calculator

4. Nutritionfacts.com

5. UC Berkeley Dept. of Nutrition

6. UC Davis Dept. of Nutrition

7. Stanford Nutrition Studies Program

8. UCLA Center for East / West Medicine

9. UCSC Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, Apprenticeship program

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS

        1. NIH- Office of Dietary Supplements

        2. US Pharmacopia - Dietary Supplements

        3. American Council on Science and Health