Clinical Nutrition University

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Made by a dietitian. Built for dietetic interns and new dietitians. Check out my publications! 📖 The Book of Clinical Nutrition Case Studies: https://a.co/d/6C6lXGa 🍎 Presentation Slides for Nutrition 101: https://cnu.sellfy.store/p/presentation-slides/ ✨ Lecture Notes for 21 of my videos: https://cnu.sellfy.store/p/lecture-notes/ 🚨 Bariatric Surgery Study Guides: https://cnu.sellfy.store/p/bs-study-guides/ 📄 Review Papers: https://cnu.sellfy.store/p/6-pack-od4ihh/ This channel is for educational purposes only. It is in no way intended to serve as a way to diagnose or treat medical conditions, and does not serve as a substitution for personalized care from a physician or registered dietitian 🙏🏼

  1. 04/12/2025

    Energy Balance and Healthy Body Weight

    👉🏼 Presentation Slides: https://cnu.sellfy.store/p/presentation-slides/ _____________________________________ This video covers Chapter 9: Energy Balance and Healthy Body Weight. The learning objectives for this lesson are to: • Outline the health risks associated with excessive and deficient body fat • Explain the concept of energy balance and methods for estimating a person’s daily energy requirement • Discuss how to assess body weight and body composition • Explore the four pillars of behavior change and measures that can be helpful in achieving a healthy body weight This course follows Sizer and Whitney's Nutrition: Concepts & Controversies, 16th edition, but I've made adjustments by skipping and rearranging some of the material and adding my own images and information. _____________________________________ ✨ Get the Presentation Slides for Nutrition 101: https://cnu.sellfy.store/p/presentation-slides/ 📖 Buy my book on Amazon: https://a.co/d/6C6lXGa 📸 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mitchellzandes/ _____________________________________ 📚 Chapters for this video: 0:00 Energy Balance and Healthy Body Weight 0:46 Weight-Related Statistics in the United States 3:21 Obesity 4:56 Body Fat Distribution 7:15 Underweight 9:11 Energy Balance 11:29 Energy Output (Total Daily Energy Expenditure) 16:01 How to Estimate Energy Output 17:33 Mifflin-St. Jeor Equation 19:58 Estimated Energy Requirements (EER) 20:27 How to Promote Weight Change 22:43 Anthropometry 24:01 Body Mass Index (BMI) 27:49 Waist Circumference 29:03 Skinfold Testing 31:19 Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry 33:02 The Four Pillars of Behavior Change 33:29 Inspiration and Motivation 34:38 Goal Setting 35:40 Support 36:51 Self-Monitoring 38:40 Nutrition Tips for Weight Loss 40:05 Nutrition Tips for Weight Gain 42:24 Tips for Monitoring Body Weight 43:33 Medical Treatment of Obesity This video is for educational purposes only. It is in no way intended to serve as a way to diagnose medical conditions or become a replacement for individualized care from a physician. 🙏🏼 Thank you for supporting my work on YouTube! 🙌🏼 #nutrition #nutrition101 #nutritionscience

    Energy Balance and Healthy Body Weight

  2. 03/31/2025

    Water and Minerals

    👉🏼 Presentation Slides: https://cnu.sellfy.store/p/presentation-slides/ _____________________________________ This video covers Chapter 8: Water and Minerals. The learning objectives for this lesson are to: • Examine the functions and recommendations for water • Compare major minerals and trace minerals • Explore the functions, deficiency, toxicity, recommendations, and sources of the major minerals • Explore the functions, deficiency, toxicity, recommendations, and sources of the trace minerals This course follows Sizer and Whitney's Nutrition: Concepts & Controversies, 16th edition, but I've made adjustments by skipping and rearranging some of the material and adding my own images and information. _____________________________________ 📖 Buy my book on Amazon: https://a.co/d/6C6lXGa 📸 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mitchellzandes/ _____________________________________ 📚 Chapters for this video: 0:00 Water and Minerals 0:59 Water 1:37 Functions of Water 2:44 Water Balance 3:50 Dehydration 5:43 Water Intoxication 6:25 Water Recommendations 7:36 Factors Affecting Water Needs 8:37 Minerals 9:20 Major Minerals vs. Trace Minerals 10:17 Shared Functions of Minerals 12:07 Major Minerals 12:49 Calcium 18:25 Phosphorus 19:47 Magnesium 21:27 Sodium 28:32 Potassium 29:53 Chloride and Sulfate 30:52 Trace Minerals 31:30 Iodine 33:23 Iron 39:36 Zinc 41:15 Selenium and Fluoride 42:08 Chromium and Copper 42:31 Other Trace Minerals This video is for educational purposes only. It is in no way intended to serve as a way to diagnose medical conditions or become a replacement for individualized care from a physician. 🙏🏼 Thank you for supporting my work on YouTube! 🙌🏼 #nutrition #nutrition101 #nutritionscience

    Water and Minerals

  3. 03/16/2025

    The Vitamins

    👉🏼 Presentation Slides: https://cnu.sellfy.store/p/presentation-slides/ _____________________________________ This video covers Chapter 7: The Vitamins, which is the first stop on our journey into micronutrients. The learning objectives for this lesson are to: • Compare fat-soluble vitamins and water-soluble vitamins • Explore the roles, deficiency, toxicity, recommendations, and sources of the fat-soluble vitamins • Explore the roles, deficiency, toxicity, recommendations, and sources of the water-soluble vitamins • Discuss factors affecting the vitamin content of foods This course follows Sizer and Whitney's Nutrition: Concepts & Controversies, 16th edition, but I've made adjustments by skipping and rearranging some of the material and adding my own images and information. _____________________________________ ✨ Get the Presentation Slides for Nutrition 101: https://cnu.sellfy.store/p/presentation-slides/ 📖 Buy my book on Amazon: https://a.co/d/6C6lXGa 📸 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mitchellzandes/ _____________________________________ 📚 Chapters for this video: 0:00 The Vitamins 0:54 Definition of Vitamins 2:01 Fat-Soluble vs. Water-Soluble Vitamins 3:04 Vitamin Precursors 4:00 Vitamin A 8:49 Vitamin D 14:15 Vitamin E 16:34 Vitamin K 18:58 Vitamin C 23:33 The B Vitamins in Unison 26:32 Thiamin 27:40 Riboflavin and Niacin 29:05 Folate and Vitamin B12 31:49 Vitamin B6, Biotin, and Pantothenic Acid 32:46 Factors Affecting Vitamin Content 33:22 Strategies to Minimize Vitamin Losses This video is for educational purposes only. It is in no way intended to serve as a way to diagnose medical conditions or become a replacement for individualized care from a physician. 🙏🏼 Thank you for supporting my work on YouTube! 🙌🏼 #nutrition #nutrition101 #nutritionscience

    The Vitamins

  4. 03/02/2025

    The Proteins and Amino Acids

    👉🏼 Presentation Slides: https://cnu.sellfy.store/p/presentation-slides/ _____________________________________ This video covers Chapter 6: The Proteins and Amino Acids, which is the final stop on our journey into the three macronutrients. The learning objectives for this lesson are to: • Describe the structure of proteins and amino acids • Explore the basics of protein metabolism, emphasizing digestion, absorption, storage, and turnover • Examine the roles of body proteins • Discuss nutrition recommendations for protein This course follows Sizer and Whitney's Nutrition: Concepts & Controversies, 16th edition, but I've made adjustments by skipping and rearranging some of the material and adding my own images and information. _____________________________________ ✨ Get the Presentation Slides for Nutrition 101: https://cnu.sellfy.store/p/presentation-slides/ 📖 Buy my book on Amazon: https://a.co/d/6C6lXGa 📸 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mitchellzandes/ _____________________________________ 📚 Chapters for this video: 0:00 The Proteins and Amino Acids 1:02 Definition of Proteins 2:19 Structure of Proteins 3:16 Building Proteins from Amino Acids 4:14 Amino Acid Sequences 6:51 Protein Digestion 7:42 Protein Absorption 9:48 Protein Storage and Turnover 11:38 The Roles of Body Proteins 14:33 Using Protein for Energy 16:50 Recommendations for Daily Protein Intake 17:54 Sources of Protein 19:12 Plant-Based vs. Animal-Based Protein Sources 21:00 Factors Affecting Protein Needs This video is for educational purposes only. It is in no way intended to serve as a way to diagnose medical conditions or become a replacement for individualized care from a physician. 🙏🏼 Thank you for supporting my work on YouTube! 🙌🏼 #nutrition #nutrition101 #nutritionscience

    The Proteins and Amino Acids

  5. 02/23/2025

    The Lipids — Fats, Oils, Phospholipids, and Sterols

    👉🏼 Presentation Slides: https://cnu.sellfy.store/p/presentation-slides/ _____________________________________ This video covers Chapter 5: The Lipids, which continues our journey into the three macronutrients, having just completed carbohydrates. ‘Fat’ is the word that’s most used to describe this macronutrient. Lipids represent a larger group of molecules with similar characteristics. The learning objectives for this lesson are to: • Discuss the usefulness of lipids in the body and in food • Examine the three classes of lipids • Explore the basics of fat metabolism, emphasizing digestion, absorption, and storage • Discuss nutrition recommendations for fat This course follows Sizer and Whitney's Nutrition: Concepts & Controversies, 16th edition, but I've made adjustments by skipping and rearranging some of the material and adding my own images and information. _____________________________________ ✨ Get the Presentation Slides for Nutrition 101: https://cnu.sellfy.store/p/presentation-slides/ 📖 Buy my book on Amazon: https://a.co/d/6C6lXGa 📸 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mitchellzandes/ _____________________________________ 📚 Chapters for this video: 0:00 The Lipids 0:57 Definition of Lipids 1:43 Functions of Fat in the Body 3:55 Functions of Fat in Food 5:37 Triglycerides 6:31 Saturated vs. Unsaturated Fatty Acids 8:41 Phospholipids 11:12 Sterols 11:59 Fat Digestion 12:35 Fat Absorption 14:23 Fat Storage 15:58 Recommendations for Daily Fat Intake 16:29 Sources of Fat 18:33 Recommendations for Saturated Fat 19:54 Recommendations for Trans Fat and Dietary Cholesterol 2139 Lipoproteins 22:30 LDL vs. HDL 24:17 Tips for Lowering LDL 25:10 Tips for Increasing HDL This video is for educational purposes only. It is in no way intended to serve as a way to diagnose medical conditions or become a replacement for individualized care from a physician. 🙏🏼 Thank you for supporting my work on YouTube! 🙌🏼 #nutrition #nutrition101 #nutritionscience

    The Lipids — Fats, Oils, Phospholipids, and Sterols

  6. 02/16/2025

    The Carbohydrates — Sugar, Starch, Glycogen, and Fiber

    👉🏼 Presentation Slides: https://cnu.sellfy.store/p/presentation-slides/ _____________________________________ This video covers Chapter 4: The Carbohydrates — Sugar, Starch, Glycogen, and Fiber, which begins our journey into the three macronutrients. The learning objectives for this lesson are to: • Examine the four types of carbohydrates • Explain why carbohydrates are needed in the diet • Discuss nutrition recommendations for carbohydrates • Explore the basics of carbohydrate metabolism, emphasizing digestion, absorption, and storage This course follows Sizer and Whitney's Nutrition: Concepts & Controversies, 16th edition, but I've made adjustments by skipping and rearranging some of the material and adding my own images and information. _____________________________________ ✨ Get the Presentation Slides for Nutrition 101: https://cnu.sellfy.store/p/presentation-slides/ 📖 Buy my book on Amazon: https://a.co/d/6C6lXGa 📸 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mitchellzandes/ _____________________________________ 📚 Chapters for this video: 0:00 The Carbohydrates 0:47 Definition of Carbohydrates 1:55 Sugars (Monosaccharides and Disaccharides) 3:03 Glucose and Sucrose 4:08 Lactose 5:44 Starch, Glycogen, and Fiber (Polysaccharides) 6:55 Starch and Glycogen 8:33 Functions of Carbohydrates 10:21 Fiber and Constipation 12:34 Recommendations for Daily Carbohydrate Intake 14:38 Sources of Carbohydrates 15:33 Recommendations for Added Sugars 16:45 Recommendations for Fiber 17:25 Whole Grains vs. Refined Grains 19:20 Tips for Fiber Intake 20:59 Carbohydrate Digestion 22:00 Carbohydrate Absorption 23:52 Carbohydrate Storage This video is for educational purposes only. It is in no way intended to serve as a way to diagnose medical conditions or become a replacement for individualized care from a physician. 🙏🏼 Thank you for supporting my work on YouTube! 🙌🏼 #nutrition #nutrition101 #nutritionscience

    The Carbohydrates — Sugar, Starch, Glycogen, and Fiber

  7. 02/02/2025

    Nutrition Tools — Standards and Guidelines

    👉🏼 Presentation Slides: https://cnu.sellfy.store/p/presentation-slides/ _____________________________________ This video covers Nutrition Tools — Standards and Guidelines. The learning objectives for this lesson are to: • Discuss the Dietary Reference Intakes and Daily Values as nutrient standards • Examine the Dietary Guidelines for Americans • Explore the USDA Dietary Patterns to see the basics of diet planning and the MyPlate educational tool • Review food labeling and the Nutrition Facts panel This course follows Sizer and Whitney's Nutrition: Concepts & Controversies, 16th edition, but I've made adjustments by skipping and rearranging some of the material and adding my own images and information. _____________________________________ ✨ Get the Presentation Slides for Nutrition 101: https://cnu.sellfy.store/p/presentation-slides/ 📖 Buy my book on Amazon: https://a.co/d/6C6lXGa 📸 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mitchellzandes/ _____________________________________ 📚 Chapters for this video: 0:00 Nutrition Tools — Standards and Guidelines 1:48 Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) 3:53 Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) and Adequate Intakes (AI) 4:55 Chronic Disease Risk Reduction (CDRR) 5:46 Tolerable Upper Intake Levels (UL) and Estimated Average Requirements (EAR) 7:53 Summary of Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) 10:02 Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Ranges (AMDR) 11:16 Daily Values (DV) 13:00 Dietary Guidelines for Americans 18:21 USDA Dietary Patterns 21:03 MyPlate 22:05 Food Labeling 24:01 Nutrition Facts Panel This video is for educational purposes only. It is in no way intended to serve as a way to diagnose medical conditions or become a replacement for individualized care from a physician. 🙏🏼 Thank you for supporting my work on YouTube! 🙌🏼 #nutrition #nutrition101 #nutritionscience

    Nutrition Tools — Standards and Guidelines

  8. 01/26/2025

    Food Choices and Human Health

    👉🏼 Presentation Slides: https://cnu.sellfy.store/p/presentation-slides/ _____________________________________ Welcome to Nutrition 101. This course follows Sizer and Whitney's Nutrition: Concepts & Controversies, 16th edition, but I've made adjustments by skipping and rearranging some of the material and adding my own images and information. This video covers Chapter 1: Food Choices and Human Health. The learning objectives for this lesson are to: • Define nutrition and describe how food selections impact a person’s health • Discuss the relationship between nutrition, lifestyle, and genetics with regard to disease risk • Identify the six classes of nutrients, and • Explore the challenges people face in choosing health-promoting foods and beverages. _____________________________________ ✨ Get the Presentation Slides for Nutrition 101: https://cnu.sellfy.store/p/presentation-slides/ 📖 Buy my book on Amazon: https://a.co/d/6C6lXGa 📸 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mitchellzandes/ _____________________________________ 📚 Chapters for this video: 0:00 Food Choices and Human Health 0:40 What is Nutrition? 3:25 The Diet-Health Connection 5:41 Malnutrition 7:11 Overview of Nutrients (Macronutrients vs. Micronutrients) 13:27 Challenges to Following a Health-Promoting Diet 15:29 Healthy People 2030 This video is for educational purposes only. It is in no way intended to serve as a way to diagnose medical conditions or become a replacement for individualized care from a physician. 🙏🏼 Thank you for supporting my work on YouTube! 🙌🏼 #nutrition #nutrition101 #nutritionscience

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Made by a dietitian. Built for dietetic interns and new dietitians. Check out my publications! 📖 The Book of Clinical Nutrition Case Studies: https://a.co/d/6C6lXGa 🍎 Presentation Slides for Nutrition 101: https://cnu.sellfy.store/p/presentation-slides/ ✨ Lecture Notes for 21 of my videos: https://cnu.sellfy.store/p/lecture-notes/ 🚨 Bariatric Surgery Study Guides: https://cnu.sellfy.store/p/bs-study-guides/ 📄 Review Papers: https://cnu.sellfy.store/p/6-pack-od4ihh/ This channel is for educational purposes only. It is in no way intended to serve as a way to diagnose or treat medical conditions, and does not serve as a substitution for personalized care from a physician or registered dietitian 🙏🏼

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