Alimentos Funcionais em Nutrição Humana

At the end of this course the student will have acquired knowledge, skills and powers to:

1-Develop the ability to interpret and analyze nutrition problems, to perform calculations with conceptual bases linked to a case definition of needs of energetic and regulators nutrients, along with an integration of the nitrogen metabolism.

2-Meet nutritional aspects to articulate processes related to the maintenance of health, emphasizing the integration of chronic food problems.

3-Characterize components and properties of functional foods, mastering fundamental concepts and methodologies related to their applicability to health benefits

Study and apply methodologies for developing functional foods at the industrial level, describing and interpreting limitations and methodological alternatives.