Diet and its Importance

Clinical nutrition is often a neglected subject in medicine. It is known that several diseases of deficiency are common in out country. Though the outcome of treatment is usually dependent on the nutritional status of the individual, the importance of recognition and correction of nutritional deficiencies has not been stressed adequately. This book attempts to address this deficiency. The entire spectrum of clinical nutrition has been covered in a succinct yet complete manner. The chapters on assessment of nutritional status, diet in health and disease, an importance of fibers form the basis armamentarium of a budding clinician.
The language used is simple and easy to understand and the chapters and their contents well laid out. Also welcome is the tables which will make reading and be assimilating the contents easy.