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Synopsis ‘Food and Nutrition’ is the most fascinating series as Nutrition significantly promotes man’s development, his health and welfare. The subject nutrition, perhaps is the most controversial due to the fact that Nutrition is concerned with food and everyone feels competent enough to talk like an expert on nutrition. Whether a man eats for living or lives for eating, food is his prime concern. As the food is the fuel source of the body, the ingested food undergoes metabolism to liberate energy required for the vital activities of the body. A sound knowledge of chemistry and metabolism of food stuffs- (Vitamins, Minerals, Water, Carbohydrates lipids and Proteins) is an essential prerequisite for a better understanding of nutrition. Food and nutrition series, comprises volumes, is organized into many sections consisting of history, structure, deficiency, symptoms, properties, functions in the body, rich dietary source and precaution.