Preface

Good nutrition is a vital share of a healthy lifestyle. The diet combined with physical activity can help consumers to reach, and maintain a healthy weight, reducing the risk of chronic diseases, and promote overall health. From ancient times, the role of diet has been established in preventing disease enclosed in the Hippocrates of Cos (Greece, V century BC - IV century BC) aphorism: "Let food be your best medicine and your best medicine be your food. Hippocrates was driving the idea of preventive medicine with the diet as the main factor. These days, some consumers do not know or ignore the meaning of the relationship between diet and health, and there exists a gap among the consumers, food security, and food processor in regards to food for the prevention of consumers illness caused by life stages or styles. The market offers to conventional consumers a myriad of food developed, there is no food for special regimens, such as athletes, elderly, phenylketonuric, dyslipidemia, and diabetic, among others. Today, there is no commitment from the research sector and the food industry to fill this gap. The information given by the book must fill the preference of the audience of professionals who work in the areas of Food Science and Technology, Nutrition, Chemical Engineering, Agronomy, Nutrition/Medical, Medicine, Pharmacy. Moreover, general consumers, students (undergraduate, graduate) from different levels and areas, and specific consumers preferred conditions such as; diabetics, obese peoples, phenylketonuric, celiac, autistics, old people, vegetarians, and athletes. Good nutrition is a vital share of a healthy lifestyle. The diet combined with physical activity can help consumers to reach and maintain a healthy weight, reducing the risk of chronic diseases, and promote good overall health. This conception strengthens the concept of food security to professionals who work in the areas of Food Science and Technology, Nutrition, Chemical Engineering, Agronomy, Nutrition/Medical, Medicine, Pharmacy. As well as a preference by; general consumers, students (undergraduate, graduate) from different levels and areas, and specific consumers such as, diabetics, obese peoples, phenylketonuric, celiac, autistics, old peoples, vegetarians, athletes.