Nutrition

• PDP NT 104: Healthy Cooking on a Budget
  If healthy eating was simple, affordable and delicious, everyone would do it! How do you plan balanced meals and snacks without breaking the bank? Step 1: Understand nutrition foundation concepts and the health-promoting foods that will help you meet your needs. Step 2: Develop skills and strategies for stocking a healthy kitchen, modifying favorite recipes, and basic cooking. Students can expect to observe cooking demonstrations, learn a variety of knife skills, and apply those skills in preparing a series of recipes. The result: You will be well on your way to a lifetime of true "value meals." This class is for non-nutrition majors only.
• PDP NT 112: Sports Nutrition
  Whether exercising for fun, health, or competition, nutrition is essential to staying energized throughout the day and during activity. In this course, students will learn the fundamentals of nutrition and be guided through an assessment of their individual nutritional needs. Participants will develop skills and strategies for fueling physical activity and sports, with an emphasis on eating to support optimal performance and recovery. Students will also learn to separate nutrition fact from fiction and examine products and marketing with a critical eye. Skills and strategies for meal planning, dining out, food shopping, recipe modification and evaluation of dietary supplements will be introduced through interactive sessions. This class is for non-nutrition majors only.