「民以食為天」是自古不變的道理，但隨著時代的進步，人們飲食的心態也漸漸從「吃飽」轉變為「吃巧」，更進而還要「吃好」。食物學便是教我們如何藉由認識各種食物類別中的營養成分、特性及製備方法，從裡面獲取最大的效益。若將此運用於日常生活飲食中，必能增進自身、親友以至於大眾的健康狀況，達到「吃好」的境界。
Bread is the staff of life. Recently, people expect to get not only adequate diet but also satisfactory and healthy diet. This course in food is to introduce nutritional ingredients, characteristics and preparations of the major groups of foods for obtaining a greatest benefit from diet. To apply this specialty to the daily diet will certainly promote the health condition of us as well as our family and friends.