Nutrition basics
Nutrition is a field with a small stable core and an enormous noisy surface. This course covers what is broadly agreed, why the science is difficult, and how to read the claims. It is general information rather than dietary advice for you.
What you'll learn
10 chapters, then the quiz
- 01What food is made ofMacro and micro.
- 02Energy balanceThe physics and the biology.
- 03What is broadly agreedThe unexciting core.
- 04Why the science is hardAnd why headlines conflict.
- 05Common mythsPersistent and unsupported.
- 06Reading labelsWhat the packet tells you.
- 07DietsWhy they all work and then stop.
- 08SupplementsA large industry, narrow evidence.
- 09Water, salt and alcoholThe other inputs.
- 10Practical and honestClosing notes.
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