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The course is part of the Going to University collection and completing it can help improve your university application by broadening your understanding of food science and nutrition and developing your independent learning skills. You may be able to do a food technologist advanced apprenticeship then move on to a food industry technical professional degree apprenticeship. Entry requirements How much iron is in your cereal? In this experiment, you will devise a way of testing foods for supplemental iron additives. Then you will use your design to test different breakfast cereals to see how much iron they contain. Which brand of cereal will have the most iron in it?

Food - a fact of life provides Explore Food, a free user-friendly online nutritional analysis tool for secondary school pupils. You could improve your career prospects by getting Registered Scientist (RSci) or Chartered Scientist (CSci) status through the Institute of Food Science and Technology. Identify current evidenced based, nutrition related public health guidelines and apply these to improve personal eating habits and nutritional intake. Thinking about improving your sports performance? Want to help friends and family make the most of their physical fitness activities? One factor to consider is food! Whether you realize it or not, what you eat does change your body! It affects how you feel, and can even change how you perform in sports. This science fair project will help you explore the link between what goes in your mouth and what your legs and arms can do. Have you ever wondered how nutritionists know how many Calories a certain food contains? In this project you will learn a method for measuring how many Calories (how much chemical energy) is available in different types of food. You will build your own calorimeter to capture the energy released by burning a small food item, like a nut or a piece of popcorn. This project gives a new meaning to the phrase "burning calories!"

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Start straight away and join a global classroom of learners. If the course hasn’t started yet you’ll see the future date listed below. Nutrition information is based on the McCance and Widdowson's The Composition of Foods integrated dataset (CoF IDS) (2015). The data is available from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/composition-of-foods-integrated-dataset-cofid The information used in this resource is provided under the Open Government Licence. Terms can be found at: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence Finally, we’ll discuss the complexities of nutrition science, how it’s evolving, and how nutrition misinformation may end up as fact. Then you’ll learn to apply mindfulness to the way you engage with your food. We’ll explore how food was used as medicine in the past and the role food plays in disease prevention and treatment. You’ll also learn how we can make food a part of medicine in the future. The importance of nutrition for your brain and gut To begin, you’ll learn about what food contains and what makes it special. From macronutrients and micronutrients to antioxidants, you’ll discover how each element contributes to your overall health and wellbeing.

You’ll study examples of food as medicine, including the FODMAP diet for IBS and probiotics for gut health. Find out how your body controls your appetite and learn more about the eating pattern known as ‘food addiction’. Mindful eating and the future of food On this course, you’ll learn how food science and nutrition helps us to understand and study the fascinating world of food.Join Home Economics and SEN teacher Niamh McManus, who over the years has adapted many recipes to...