Nutritional Sciences from Fundamentals to Food

•  First and foremost, an introductory nutrition textbook must explain nutri-
tion concepts accurately, clearly, and completely in a way that all students,
regardless of level or background, can understand. To do this most effec-
tively, it is essential to provide students with fundamental scientific con-
cepts. Only then can these concepts be applied to the science of nutrition
in a meaningful way.
•  For some students, scientific concepts are abstract and difficult to grasp.
For this reason, the use of well-designed figures greatly enhances learning
by providing integrated, contextually based illustrative examples of biologi-
cal processes.
These two straightforward observations formed the genesis of this textbook.
It is our hope that this book will allow all students, even those with little or no
science background, to find the science of nutrition approachable, understand-
able, and—perhaps most imperative—useful in their lives.