Can “Functional Foods” Deliver on Healthy Promises?
The article looks at functional foods, which, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), are foods and food components that provide a health benefit beyond basic nutrition. Nutrigenomics is the study of how dietary constituents interact with genes. The article discusses FDA laws regulating health claims on food labels, the possibilities of fine-tuning foods to fight diseases, Coca-Cola and Nestl√©’s Enviga drink, and cautions of functional food claims.
