Find below a list of food related courses offered at Duke in Fall 2012. For a more complete list of food related courses offered at Duke, visit the Academics page.
Fall 2012 – Food Related Courses at Duke
AAAS 890S Food Race and You
BIOLOGY 158 Plants and Human Use
BIOLOGY 228 How Plants Feed and Fuel the World (Cross listed with ENVIRON 228)
COMMFAM 221C-23 Practical Clinical Nutrition
CULANTH 258S Our Culinary Cultures (Cross listed with DOCST 344S)
ENVIRON 590-10 Intro to Sustainable Food Systems
EVANTH 355 Food for Thought
MEDREN 390-05 Medieval Appetites: Sex & Food (Cross listed with WOMENST 290-05)
WRITING 101 – 66, 67, 68 Science of Food Choice
If you know of a food-related course offered in Fall 2012 at Duke that should be added to this list, e-mail sustainability@duke.edu.
It’s known as the sunshine vitamin because we get most of the D we need when our skin is consistently exposed to UVB rays from the sun for 15 minutes every day. We need to do this since not many foods contain adequate amounts of vitamin D unless they are fortified.
Ok so if our bodies are designed to make this vitamin why is it that we are seeing inadequate vitamin D levels worldwide? Read the rest of this entry »
Genetically modified or genetically engineered (GE) crops have been around since the mid-90’s, and still there’s a veil of uncertainty around them. What do you know about them? And why are we writing about the now?
Recently Whole Foods has come under scrutiny for carrying products containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs ). Whole Foods is one of the biggest suppliers of organic foods – the issue? By definition, organic foods can’t contain GMOs. The problem is GMOs are now so ubiquitous in our foods supply Whole Foods hasn’t been able to avoid keeping such products (including big names such as Boca Burgers and Kashi) in stock. Part of the reason is labeling – or lack thereof. The U.S. is one of the few industrialized nations that does not require such labeling or testing. Read the rest of this entry »
Have you thought about eggs lately? They’ve been the topic of debate for some time now. The infamous riddle “What came first, the chicken or the egg?” has lent itself to dietary concern: “What came first, my high cholesterol or the eggs I ate?” You may have noticed many people are second guessing their breakfast. Read the rest of this entry »
Graduation is an exciting time in anyone’s life, and unless you’re heading directly into a graduate program, chances are your life is going to be very different. Assuming you’re going to work, your life will become more structured and you’ll likely operate more independently than you did in college. While 15-20 hours a week of class time was scheduled out for you in college, the rest of the time was in your hands – you decided when and where to study, where to eat and when and how to exercise. Now that you’re ready to leave and start working, you’ll have to reconsider how and when you’ll fit in meals and exercise. Read the rest of this entry »
Miley Cyrus rocked the boat this week when she denied anorexia nervosa defending her new low weight, claiming instead to have a gluten allergy. The actress-musician also followed up with another tweet saying everyone should try to go gluten-free for a week, stating, “The change in your skin, physical and mental health is amazing! U won’t go back!” Read the rest of this entry »
You’ve heard about it on the news, can detect its taste in most foods, can find it on your kitchen table, but chances are you’re not aware of how it affects your body – we’re talking about sodium, found in table salt (which is a combination of sodium and chloride). One teaspoon of table salt has 2,325 milligrams (mg) of sodium. So what’s it mean to you? Read the rest of this entry »
Ever think there was a healthy way to snack? There is: filling up on the proper nutrients without consuming a gross amount of calories is definitely “healthy”. In addition, staying in the range of 100-300 calories, depending on your size, is ideal, and athletes or very active people will need to consume more calories. Read the rest of this entry »
“Breakfast is the most important meal of the day” – how many times have you heard that one? Well, it’s true – breakfast really is the most important meal of the day. But not just any breakfast, it’s important to distinguish a balanced breakfast from a not-so-balanced one. Read the rest of this entry »
What are we talking about; Mindful eating.
We all know what mindless eating is because we’ve all done it. You sit in front of the TV; computer (Ipad, Iphone, Itouch etc. etc.) with your meal or snack and 10 minutes later, o.k. maybe 5, the plate, bag, box is empty. Where did it go? Do you remember tasting any of it? Did you check in along the way to see if you were full or satisfied? Will you still want to eat more; probably – because that’s just what we do. Read the rest of this entry »