Understanding and interpreting how food relates to life is an essential study field for the future. Nutritional science is concerned with precisely that: how nutrients can impact the maintenance, growth, reproduction, and health of an organism. Students of this subject will be taught the basic subjects of biology and chemistry, but with a strong focus on functional and applied knowledge to health, while also attending to biochemistry and genetics. Students can even specialize in subjects such as special food chemistry, nutritional physiology, food law, and nutritional medicine. This creates many possibilities regarding future career paths for those interested in this area.