Functional Foods – I’ve been reading about “functional foods” recently, can you explain what that means?
A functional food is an ordinary food that is spiked with an additional amount of a nutrient that has specific health properties. Some people think of these foods as a combination of foods and pharmaceuticals. In essence, the additions are actually present in whole foods, but not in amounts sufficient to cause the desired health effect. Examples of functional foods are: Yogurt with added probiotics (friendly bacteria already present in our bodies) with the possible benefit of improving gastrointestinal health, margarine laced with plant sterol and stanol esters with the possible effect of lowering LDL and total blood cholesterol levels. The Food and Drug Administration has relaxed standards for health claims on labels. Even if the benefit does not have significant scientific agreement, the nutrition claim can be made if there is some weight to the scientific evidence as long as there is a statement on the label to disclaim total cause and effect. The best bet for all-around good nutrit
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