Methodological aspects of adequate safe nutrition: meaning for health promotion and maintenance of working capacity

Aim. To study methodological aspects of modern nutritional science considering healthy diet, health promotion and maintenance of working capacity. Materials and Methods. Scientific methodological analysis of aspects of modern nutritional science considering healthy diet, health promotion and maintenance of working capacity. Results. The research determined the following priorities of nutritional science: prevention of common nutritional diseases using specialized foods with different functionality including dietary supplements; individualized diet; energetic aspects of ontogenesis considering the structure of modern nutrition and its effect on metabolic functions of the body; safety of alimentary raw materials and foods; understanding of mechanisms of optimal pre- and postnatal development. Conclusion. Special focus is set on new fields of nutritional science - genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics - aimed to provide the understanding of mechanisms associated with influence of nutrition on correction of metabolic processes within ontogenesis.