This course will review all the pertinent facts about nutrition and its impact on health and disease from a cellular and macroscopic level. Throughout the course, emphasis will be placed on the evidence that supports (or doesn't support) nutritional claims. The impact of culture and socioeconomic status on nutrition will be addressed as well as the impact of nutrition on the current health care crisis nationally and globally, and the potential impact of nutrition on public policy. A history of nutrition will be introduced and its effects on the evolution of Homo sapiens. This course does not count on the biology major or minor, but can be used to partially fulfill the Natural Sciences AOK without lab requirement.