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Course: Introduction to Nutrition and Food Safety
Conclusions of food safety
The most important goal of food safety is to protect consumers, “us.” In the modern world, foods on your table are not that simple as you thought. To verify what …
Food authenticity
Food adulteration has become the basic of food industry, the quality of food adulteration becomes important issue. Report of fraud food adulteration is a challenge, because most food adulteration may …
Five steps to help protect your business from food fraud
Please read through the attached file published by the Food and Drink Federation (FDF). This simple guide follows FDF guideline. It aims to help food industry, especially for small business, …
Introduction to adulterated foods
Adulteration is a legal term meaning that a food product fails to meet legal standards. Adulteration is an addition of another substance to a food item in order to increase …
Facts of pesticide residues in food, by the World Health Organization
Key facts Pesticides are used to protect crops against insects, weeds, fungi and other pests. Pesticides are potentially toxic to humans and can have both acute and chronic health effects, …
Pesticide residues monitoring
After the introduction of how to evaluate the toxicity of pesticides. Continuous monitoring of pesticide residues is needed in policy. To reduce the risks of poisoning ourselves, we should minimize …
The definition of pesticides
In this week, these topics will be taught: Classification Health risk assessments Pesticide residue monitoring Minimizing pesticide residues Educator: Yu-Chen Hou
Chronic toxicity evaluation of pesticides
What does the word “toxic” mean? In scientific evaluation, it related to the size of the target, the dose of the substance and the length the target take the substance. …
The benefits & risks of pesticides
We know that pesticides kill bugs. However, would they be harmful to humans or the environment? Toxicity of pesticides vary. In many countries, pesticides evaluation are required by law or …
Classification of pesticides
Can you guess which country consumed the most amount of pesticides? In this video, Prof. Hou will show you the consumption map first. Then, she will explain the classification of …
A study of overweight postmenopausal women
Effects of Soybean/Brown Rice Consumption on Body Fat and Blood Lipids in Overweight Postmenopausal Women Summary A menopause-induced estrogen deficiency might increase body-fat accumu-lation, insulin resistance, and abnormal blood sugar …
Dietary Guidelines & Nutrition Requirements of Older Adults
Diet planning guides and dietary guidelines are tools that apply principles of good eating and offer practical advice on healthy habits. Using the diet planning tools together allows individuals to …
Women’s health and foods
There are some specific symptoms only happened in women or certain groups. In this video, Prof. Chien will introduced what symptoms women usually suffer and how to manage them through …
Nutrition recommendations for certain diseases and vegetarians
For those who have diseases, such as cardiovascular, hypertension, inflammation, or osteoporosis, there are certain diet recommendations. Salt, sugar, and alcohol are commonly constrained. In this video, Prof. Chien will …