LESSON 3: HISTORY OF NUTRITION Flashcards
Four eras in the history of nutrition as a science
- Naturalistic era (400 B.C. to 1750 A.D.)
- Chemical Analytical era (1750-1900)
- Biological era (1900-1955)
- Cellular or molecular era (1955-1980)
vague ideas about taboos, magical power or medicinal value of food
Naturalistic Era (400 B.C.-A.D. 1750)
- “Father of Medicine”
- the first physician to show interest in nutrition
- considered food as one universal nutrient in the discussion of food, health and disease
Hippocrates
concluded that failure to gain weight is caused by insensible perspiration
Sanctorius
showed interest in circulation and digestion which led to the study of nutrition
Harvey and Spallanzani
- conducted first controlled nutrition experiment to find cure for scurvy
LIND
- Father of Nutrition
- studied the way we use food as energy
- the first to study the relationship between heat production and oxygen use in the body
- Chemical studies were conducted which led to discoveries of oxygen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, nitrogen
Lavoisier
Chemical studies were conducted which led to discoveries of oxygen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, nitrogen
Chemical-Analytical Era (1750-1900)
produced synthetic milk of C,P,F in proportions found in cow’s milk
Alexander Dumas
- discoveries of factors with vitamin-like properties, which were identified as essential elements of the human diet and others for various aspects of animals
- Relationship between nutrients and biological roles and determination of human dietary
requirements - Role of nutrition education on the improvement of nutritional status
Biological Era (1900-1955)
coined the term “vitamin”
Casimir Funk:
(IUNS) MEANING
International Union of Nutritional Sciences
reduced infant mortality rate
Tiki-tiki extracts
What period is studies done by American & foreign scientists aided by Filipino workers
First period
NRC - 1932
– National Research Council
