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Objectives Introduction Definitions Energy from food Functions of food nutrients Composition of human body Nutrition assessment of individual Sign of good nutrition The relationship of nutrition with other sciences Nutrient intake limits Introduction Most of the organized studies of nutrition have been confined to the 20th century. Although there was evidence of long-standing curiosity about nutrition. Hippocrates, the father of medicine(400 BC) considered food as one universal nutrient. Antonie Lauret Lavoisier(18th century, a French chemist) is known as father of nutrition. In Islam there are many verses of the Quran and Hadeeths in food and nutrition. Some of these fact has just been proved by the modern science and some not. Nutrition has played a significant role in our life, even from before our birth. Many people are concerned only with food that relives their hunger or satisfies their appetite . But in many times, these foods don't supply their bodies with all the component of good nutrition. Definitions Food: Foods are products derived from plants or animals . that can be taken into the body to yield energy and nutrients for maintenance of life ,for growth and repair tissues. Food is that nourishes the body. Food is a prerequisite of nutrition.
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