Demystifying Metabolism: You’re Not Just What You Eat (HyFlex: )
Winter (9 - 13.5 hours) | Registration opens 11/23/2026 12:00 AM EDT
THIS IS THE (IN-PERSON/ZOOM) REGISTRATION OPTION FOR THIS COURSE!
Metabolism is the capture of energy from nutrition for our use. This course will review the basic scientific understanding of metabolism and its relevance to health and nutrition. We will look at the biochemical and hormonal mechanisms that allow us to capture, store, and use energy. This review will lead to an examination of some popular nutritional attitudes and myths, as well as the metabolic disorders of insulin resistance, cardiovascular disease, and Type 2 diabetes. Each of the six two-hour sessions will have one hour of lecture followed by one hour of discussion using the information from the lecture as the basis for nutritional health issues.
- There are no required books for this course.
Richard Comi
Richard Comi, MD is a board-certified endocrinologist who recently retired from 38 years of practice at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and is also Professor Emeritus in Medicine at the Geisel School of Medicine. He was actively involved in training physicians as Program Director for the Medicine Residency and later the Endocrinology Fellowship at Dartmouth.He has a longstanding interest in medical and adult education.