This book is divided into two parts, the first contains a study in the development of food theory of food through ancient civilizations, through the Arab medical heritage and ending with the modern era. The second section is an investigation of the message of Aladdin (Ibn Al -Nafees), which made it entitled the Mukhtar of Food and mentioned the foods to be eaten in various cases of disease, and in the event of a desire to increase or slim body obesity, as well as the state of desire to increase or suppress sexual ability .. .. And the manuscript that was relied upon to achieve this text, there is no in the world other than this version preserved in the State Library in Berlin.