Handbook of Food and Nutrition is designed for a non-majors audience, particularly those students with little or no background in college-level chemistry, physiology, or human biology. It has all the essentials topics of the subject and explained in a simple, straightforward manner wherever necessary. A careful selection of topics has been heeded on the basics of food and nutrition of greater interest like Nutrients, Food and Food Facts, Food Pyramid, healthy Easting Diet Plan, vegetarianism, Life Span Nutrition and Raw Food which would be extremely useful to the general readers, public as well as to the students and teachers of Home Science, Nutrition and Hotel Management.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Smita Kulshrestha
Dr. Smita Kulshrestha is a specialist in Food and Nutrition with over two decades of Research and teaching experience. Besides teaching in the College, she has also worked as a Project Counsellor and delivered lectures on Nutrition and health Education ion Indira Gandhi National Open university (IGNOU) as well as Kota Open University. On several occasions she was invited by All India Radio, Jaipur to take part in live discussion on matters concerning food and nutrition along with answers to queries of the public on telephone on the F.M. Channel. She has also been associated with ‘Rajasthan TV’ and has acted as an anchor in Shyam Production’s 13 episodes of 'Bhajan Sandhya' along with a programme for children 'Nanhi Dunia' as a compare. As a specialist in Food and Nutrition, it was but natural on her part to evince interest in the field of Nasturopathy also. She has already devoted two years in this pursuit and has been linked to the Gandhi National Academy of Naturopathy, New Delhi. Dr. Smita Kulshrestha has already published a book 'Pregnancy and Nutrition' in 2004, beside several general and special articles which appeared in various newspapers, journals and magazines. At present she is lecturer in Veer Balika College, Jaipur.
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