This lecture discussed biological energy, and reviews some of the key chemical reactions that take place in the body to allow foods to be converted to energy that the human body can use. Energy intake and energy expenditure are also briefly discussed.

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This lecture discussed biological energy, and reviews some of the key chemical reactions that take place in the body to allow foods to be converted to energy that the human body can use. Energy intake and energy expenditure are also briefly discussed.

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Why do we eat what we eat? The choice of food is extremely personal, and will have a big impact on our day to day lives. In this introduction lecture we'll examine the underlying building blocks of human nutrition, and have a review of the digestive system.

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Why do we eat what we eat? The choice of food is extremely personal, and will have a big impact on our day to day lives. In this introduction lecture we'll examine the underlying building blocks of human nutrition, and have a review of the digestive system.

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Dr Sue Shepherd (Dietetics and Nutrition, La Trobe University) on the causes and effects of Celiac Disease, and how it can be treated with a gluten free diet.

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Dr Sue Shepherd (Dietetics and Nutrition, La Trobe University) on the causes and effects of Celiac Disease, and how it can be treated with a gluten free diet.

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Dr Regina Belski (Dietetics and Nutrition, La Trobe University) provides some useful information on how to obtain and maintain a healthy weight.

With many of us gaining some undesired weight during the festive season, and setting new year’s resolutions to improve our health, this seminar aims to help unlock some of the common dieting myths and support you in making the right food choices for healthy eating. Information on useful resources will also be provided.

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Dr Regina Belski (Dietetics and Nurtrition, La Trobe University) on how making a simple substitute of lupin-based grain foods into your diet can improve your blood pressure and heart health.

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Dr Regina Belski (Dietetics and Nurtrition, La Trobe University) on how making a simple substitute of lupin-based grain foods into your diet can improve your blood pressure and heart health.

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Professor Mark L Wahlqvist AO (Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Monash Asia Institute, Monash University and a leading expert on nutrition) on the mis-match between food supply and human needs.

It is associated with poverty, hunger and infectious disease at one extreme and with excessive and wasteful food usage, inactivity, and overfatness along with muscle and bone disorders at the other.

Underpinning these extremes is a food system that does not relate to energy needs or provide the required nutritional quality. As a consequence there is not a single body system or organ that is not potentially compromised. The full realisation of these problems for societal, mental and physical health is still becoming apparent.

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