Explain Nutritional Biochemistry
A good understanding of the biochemical basis of nutrient function and of the consequence of nutrient deficiency or excess is important in the clinical and laboratory diagnosis of nutritional diseases, clinical management of the same and in the control of endemic nutritional inadequacies. You, as a student of dietetics, should realize the importance of biochemistry in order to:
a) understand nutrition properly, and
b) utilize biochemical tools in solving nutrition-related health problems.