PGD IN DIETETICS & NUTRITION

Syllabus : APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

UNIT – 01 GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY - STRUCTURE OF CELL MEMBRANE - IONIC COMPOSITION OF BODY FLUIDS - DISTRIBUTION OF BODY FLUIDS - WATER BALANCE IN HUMAN BODY.

UNIT – 02 TRANSPORT ACROSS CELL MEMBRANE & CELL - RMP AND ACTION POTENTIAL -APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY.

UNIT - 03

HEMATOLOGY - SERUM - STRUCTURE - PLASMA - CELLULAR COMPONENTS – PLASMA PROTEINS - FUNCTIONS

UNIT - 04

BLOOD VOLUME - RBC LIFE SPAN STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, PRODUCTION,

DESTRUCTION - HEMOGLOBIN - STRUCTURE, SYNTHESIS, FUNCTIONS, TYPES AND DEGRADATION.

UNIT - 05

WBC - DEFINITION - STRUCTURE , PRODUCTION, FUNCTION, DESTRUCTION - IMMUNITY -MONOCYTE MACROPHAGE SYSTEM, LYMPH, SPLEEN - HAEMOSTASIS - PLATELETS -COAGULATION - ANTICOAGULANTS - FIBRINO LYTIC SYSTEM.

UNIT - 06

BLOOD GROUPS (MAJOR AND MINOR, RH) - BLOOD TRANSFUSION, TRANSFUSION REACTIONS ERYTHROBLASTOSIS FOETALIS

UNIT - 07

RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY - PULMONARY FUNCTION - PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTS -

REGULATION OF RESPIRATION - OXYGEN AND CARBON-DI-OXIDE TRANSPORT -

HYPOXIA - CLINICAL AND APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

UNIT - 08

NEURO PHYSIOLOGY - NEURON - DEGENERATION AND REGENERATION - RECEPTORS - ACTION - POTENTIAL - RELAX - SYNAPSE & SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION – NEURO TRANSMITTERS - CUTANEOUS AND DEEP VISCERAL SENSATION.

UNIT - 09

ASCENDING AND DESCENDING TRACTS OF SPINAL CORD - ORGANIZATION OF MOTOR AND SENSORY FUNCTIONS OF CNS & SPINAL CORD - FUNCTIONS OF BRAIN STEM -CEREBELLUM - BASAL GANGLIA - HYPOTHALAMUS - THALAMUS - CEREBRAL – CORTEX.

UNIT - 10

LIMBIC SYSTEM - HIGHER FUNCTION OF BRAIN - AROUSAL - SLEEP LEARNING MEMORY -SPEECH EEG - CONDITIONED REFLEX.

UNIT - 11

NEURAL BASIS OF INSTINCTUAL AND BEHAVIOUR EMOTION - CONTROL OF POSTUREAND EQUILIBRIUM - MUSCLE TONE - AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM - CLINICAL AND APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY.

UNIT - 12

SPECIAL SENSES - TASTE & SMELL - VISION - STRUCTURE - OPTICS - NEURO

CHEMISTRY NEURO OPHTHALMOLOGY - HEARING - STRUCTURE - FUNCTION OF MIDDLE EAR AND INNER EAR - PATH WAY EQUILIBRIUM - VESTIBULAR APPARATUS – STRUCTURE FUNCTION - POSTURAL - REFLEXES CLINICAL AND APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1.HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY: FROM CELLS TO SYSTEMS, 5TH EDITION. INSTRUCTORS

EDITION.

LAURALEE SHERWOOD.

BELMONT, CA: BROOKS/COLE-THOMSON LEARNING, 2004,

2.BULLOCK, JOHN, JOSEPH BOYLE III, AND MICHAEL B. WANG. PHYSIOLOGY. 4TH ED.

PHILADELPHIA: LIPPINCOTT, WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2001.

3.CLAYMAN, CHARLES B., ED. THE HUMAN BODY: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO ITS

STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, AND DISORDERS. LONDON: DORLING KINDERSLEY, 1995.

4.DULBECCO, RENATO, ED. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HUMAN BIOLOGY. 2ND ED. 9 VOLS. SAN

DIEGO: ACADEMIC PRESS, 1997.

5.SEELEY, ROD R., TRENT D. STEPHENS, AND PHILIP TATE. ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY.

4TH ED. BOSTON, MASS.: WCB/MCGRAW-HILL, 1998.

Syllabus CLINICAL AND THERAPEUTIC NUTRITION

UNIT – 01 CLINICAL NUTRITION - MEDICAL CONDITIONS FOOD ALLERGY - FOOD INTOLERANCE & MAL ABSORPTION SYNDROME - THE ROLE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT IN AN ORGANIZATION - FUNCTIONING OF THE HOSPITAL DIETARY DEPARTMENT.

UNIT - 02

ROLE OF NUTRITION & MEDICINE IN SPORTS SCIENCE - TECHNICAL - COUNSELING -OTHER SKILLS REQUIRED BY A DIETICIAN - DIETICIAN`S ABILITY TO INTERPRET PATHOLOGICAL / CLINICAL PARAMETERS IN HEALTH & DISEASE - PEDIATRIC AND GERIATRIC DIETETICS.

UNIT - 03

PREVALENCE - PATHOGENESIS - RISK FACTORS AND MODIFICATION OF DIET IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ATHEROSCLEROSIS - HYPERTENSION - TYPES – ETIOLOGY - SYMPTOMS- DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF METABOLIC DISORDER.

UNIT - 04

DIABETES MELLITUS - ETIOLOGY AND MODIFICATION OF DIET IN DISEASES OF THE KIDNEY - GLOMERULO NEPHRITES - NEPHRITIC SYNDROME - ACUTE AND CHROMIC RENAL FAILURE - DIALYSIS - URINARY CALCULI - RISK FACTORS AND MODIFICATION OF DIET IN CANCER.

UNIT - 05

NUTRITIONAL PROBLEMS OF CANCER THERAPY - ROLE OF ANTIOXIDANTS IN THE PREVENTION OF DISINTEGRATIVE DISEASES - THE DIETITIAN - RESPONSIBILITIES ININDIAN CONTEXT - DIET COUNSELING - REGISTERED DIETITIAN AND THE INDIAN DIETETIC ASSOCIATION.

UNIT - 06

PRINCIPLES OF NUTRITION AND MEAL MANAGEMENT - THE INTER RELATIONSHIP

BETWEEN FOOD - NUTRITION & HEALTH - MACRO AND MICRO NUTRIENTS - THEIR

CLASSIFICATION - FUNCTION - SOURCES - DAILY REQUIREMENT - AND DEFICIENCY

UNIT - 07

MEAL AND MENU PLANNING - CULTURAL FOOD PATTERNS IN INDIA AND NUTRITION FOR

THE LIFE CYCLE - VARIOUS ASPECTS OF A CATERING ESTABLISHMENT - STYLES OF

FOOD SERVICES - TYPES OF CATERING EQUIPMENT - ACCOUNTING AND FOOD

COSTING

UNIT - 08

COMMUNITY NUTRITION & EPIDEMIOLOGY - NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS - VARIOUS

METHODS TO ASSESS THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS - NUTRITION EDUCATION

UNIT - 09

THE ROLE OF NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES INVOLVED IN PROMOTING

NUTRITION AND HEALTH - THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL COMPONENT FOCUSES ON FOOD

MICROBIOLOGY AND GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF THE WATER & FOOD BORNE DISEASES

UNIT - 10

PRINCIPLES OF DIET THERAPY - ROUTINE HOSPITAL DIETS - SPECIAL FEEDING

METHODS - TUBE FEEDING - PARENTAL NUTRITION

UNIT - 11

ETIOLOGY AND MODIFICATION OF DIET IN OBESITY AND UNDERWEIGHT - ETIOLOGY

AND MODIFICATION OF DIET IN FEBRILE CONDITIONS - TYPHOID - TUBERCULOSIS -

ETIOLOGY AND MODIFICATION OF DIET IN GASTRO INTESTINAL DISEASE - PEPTIC

ULCER

UNIT - 12

DIARRHEA - CONSTIPATION - ETIOLOGY AND MODIFICATION OF DIET IN DISEASES OF

LIVER AND GALL BLADDER - A. HEPATITIS B. CIRRHOSIS - C. CHOLESITITIS AND

CHOLELITHIASIS

Syllabus: FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

UNIT - 01

HISTORY OF MICROBIOLOGY - SCOPE - CONCEPT OF ORIGIN OF LIFE - ABIOGENESIS -

BIOGENESIS - SPONTANEOUS GENERATION THEORY - HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF

MICROBIOLOGY

UNIT - 02

CONTRIBUTIONS OF VAN LEEUWENHOEK - JOSEPH LISTER PASTEUR - KOCH, S.A.

WAKMANN, ALEXANDER FLEMMING, JENNER, WINOGRDSKY, BEIJERNICK, STANELY,

IWENEWSKY, H.W.CONN, ESWIN SMITH

UNIT - 03

DEVELOPMENTS OF MICROBIOLOGY - IDENTIFICATION - CHARACTERIZATION AND

CLASSIFICATION OF MICRO-ORGANISMS - DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS

BETWEEN PROKARYOTIC AND EUKARYOTIC CELLS

UNIT - 04

METHODS IN MICROBIOLOGY - STERILIZATION - DISINFECTION - ISOLATION -

PURIFICATION AND PRESERVATION OF MICROBES - PRINCIPLES OF STAINING OF

MICRO ORGANISMS

UNIT - 05

MICROSCOPY - LIGHT PHASE CONTRACT - EPIFLUORESCENCE AND ELECTION

MICROSCOPY - ASSAY OF ANTIBIOTICS - PREPARATION OF CULTURE MEDIA

UNIT-06

PHYSIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS - GROWTH AND METABOLISM - GROWTH PHASES -

KINETICS AND INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS

UNIT - 07

NUTRITIONAL GROUPINGS - METABOLISM OF CARBOHYDRATES - NITROGEN - LIPIDS -

AND NUCLEIC ACIDS - ELECTRON TRANSPORT - MICROBIAL ENZYMES AND REGULATION

UNIT - 08

MICRO ORGANISMS AND FOOD - MICRO ORGANISMS AND FOOD SPOILAGE- INTRINSIC

FACTORS - EXTRINSIC FACTORS - FOOD SPOILAGE

UNIT - 09

FOOD PRESERVATION - FILTRATION - LOW OR HIGH TEMPERATURE - CHEMICALS AND

RADIATION DISEASES AND FOODS- DISEASES TRANSMITTED OF FOOD,

UNIT - 10

DETECTION OF DISEASE CAUSING MICROORGANISMS - SOURCES OF SPOILAGE OF

FOOD - FOOD INFECTION - FOOD TOXICITY - FOOD ADULTERATION AND LEGISLATION

UNIT - 11

APPLICATIONS OF MICROBES IN FOOD MICROBIOLOGY - MICROBIOLOGY OF

FERMENTED FOODS - DAIRY PRODUCTS - MEAT AND FISH - WINE - BEER AND OTHER

FERMENTED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

UNIT - 12

BREAD AND OTHER FERMENTED PLANT PRODUCTS - ROLE OF MICROBES IN

PREPARATION OF SAUERKRAUT AND PICKLES - MICROBES AS FOOD SINGLE CELL

PROTEIN PRODUCTION - MUSHROOM PRODUCTION.

Syllabus For The Subject NUTRITIONAL BIO-CHEMISTRY