NOTE: May 20th class session will run longer than the regular schedule. Class will begin at 9:00 AM and end at 11:30 AM. There is no class session on Memorial Day, May 27.
This course will provide the conceptual basis for understanding the use and storage of nutrients in human health. The lectures will provide descriptions of the physiology and cellular biology of metabolism, with time for questions and discussion of the implications for health.
The course will review the function of hormones to regulate metabolism and then use these concepts to discuss weight regulation, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, Type 2 diabetes and its medications. The learner will come away with the important concepts in these areas often obscured in popular media accounts.
All discussions will be at a conceptual level with no pre-requisite background in the sciences of biochemistry or physiology, though input from these disciplines from the attendees will be welcome.