Andreas Moritz
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 Specific dietary fiber supplements, embraced as nutriceuticals or functional foods, are an unknown and potentially damaging way to influence modern dietary habits of the general population."
In January 1999 the results of the largest trial into the effects on fiber on colon cancer ever conducted were released to the public. After studying 88,757 women for sixteen years, doctors at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School state: "No significant association between fiber intake and the risk of colorectal adenoma was found." ... |
| This ancient supergrain was part of a 6-month study, headed by famed scientist and pioneer of the functional foods movement, Dr. Vladimir Vuksan—one of the developers of the revolutionary glycemic index at the University of Toronto. For the research, Vuksan used a brand of chia called Salba®.
The following are a few of the many superior nutritional properties Dr Vuksan discovered. |
Ben-Erik van Wyk
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 In recent years, so-called "functional foods" have become a popular concept in Western countries. The concept is an ancient tradition in China and Japan, where some foods are eaten as much for their medicinal value as for their nutritional benefits.
Allyl isothiocyanate Catechin
Chemical structures of some biologically active dietary components
Minerals
Some minerals are needed in relatively large quantities per day to build or support the structure of bones and teeth (calcium, magnesium and phosphorus) and to maintain a normal composition of fluids (chloride, sodium and potassium). |
Amarjit S. Basra
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 Also, it is important to note that, apart from phytochemicals, the human body cannot synthesize lipid- and water-soluble vitamins that, thereto fore, must also be taken up from the diet or provided through functional foods or pharmaceutical preparations.
In this chapter we examine the role of such oligonutrients, namely those present in high amounts in the most widely consumed diets, and their potential contribution to the prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. |
| Using a similar approach, the stilbene synthase gene could be also used to produce resveratrol in foods already associated with anticancer properties, or to create "functional foods" with novel health benefits. Moreover, since resveratrol can be generated in grape cell suspension cultures, it may also be possible to produce resveratrol to be marketed as a food supplement.
Flavonoids. Many members of the Fabaceae family accumulate a number of isoflavonoid compounds, such as the isoflavones genistein and daidzein as well as their glycosides that exist in soybeans. |
Bryan Hanson, PhD
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 Appreciation of this fact is growing, with studies on functional foods and nutraceuticals now becoming common. With an understanding of oxidative stress and the chemistry that both causes it and can reduce it, we are poised for much greater discoveries.
FIGURE 3.20. Thiarubrine A. Top: Lewis structure. Bottom: space-filling views from two perspectives. Atoms are typically colored as follows: carbon—gray; hydrogen—cyan; nitrogen—dark blue; oxygen—red; sulfur—yellow; phosphorous—magenta.
FIGURE 4.9. A 12 base-pair piece of DNA. Left: ball-and-stick view; right: sf
FIGURE 6.13. |
Mike Adams
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 Rather than accepting the challenge and organizing a concerted national campaign to encourage more healthful eating patterns, they propose a more politically expedient solution: the industry should work to improve the food supply through nuthent fortification and the development of functional foods with added nutritional value. [Emphasis added.]
- Marion Nestle, Food Politics
To get an idea of the power of this political / economic machine, take a look at the influence of just one player: big sugar companies. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 If you want to really understand the potential of products in the natural health industry, in terms of both functional foods and nutritional foods, you have to talk face to face with these people. And that's one of the things I did at this show, conducting well over 30 interviews with various individuals -- pioneering doctors, researchers, clinicians, people who formulate nutritional supplement products, people who are inventing new technologies for nutrient delivery systems -- all sorts of innovative people who represent the real future of health in the western world. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Of course, today the FDA and the pharmaceutical industry are diligently campaigning to limit access to nutritional supplements, herbs and functional foods. This is very much an attempt to separate people from nature, so that they are forced to operate under the system of controlled and "standardized" prescription drugs and medications that generate profits for pharmaceutical companies.
The future may not be so bright after all
It's a common oversight, I think, to talk about the future in rosy terms, and talk about how all of this great, new technology is going to appear. |
Michael T. Murray
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 We also incorporate important herbal medicines and "functional foods" in our program to help control blood sugar levels. Recent developments in these areas have led to natural remedies that are effective, are free of unwanted side effects, and have substantial documentation of efficacy.
Evidence-Based Natural Medicine?Our Clinical Experience
Beat Diabetes Naturally presents what we call evidence-based natural medicine. This means that our recommendations are derived from scientific evidence, not folklore or marketing hype. |
Amarjit S. Basra
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| This is also leading to increasing marketing of "functional foods" or "nutraceuticals," in other words, fortified or enriched foodstuff that is attributed health-promoting effects. The rationale that certain phytochemicals might contribute to lowering cardiovascular disease is based on the hypothesis that oxidative and inflammatory processes play a role in the onset and development of this pathology.3 Several phytochemicals (notably catechols) are endowed with antioxidant and enzyme-modulating activities, hence expressing the potential to lower cardiovascular risk. |
James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D.
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 Inventing probiotic functional foods for patients with allergic disease. Annals of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology 89(6 Suppl 1):75—82.
Majamaa, H., and E. Isolauri. 1997. Probiotics: A novel approach in the management of food allergy. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 99:179-85.
Food Poisoning
One of the most unpleasant and certainly potentially dangerous conditions is food poisoning. A person's body reacts to toxins produced by bacteria that contaminate food. The most common types of food poisoning result from the bacteria of salmonella, Campylobacter, and staphylococcus. |
Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN
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 Two of the best known of these so-called "functional foods" are Benecol, which contains a hydrogenated phytosterol ester derived either from soy or crude tall oil (a wood pulping byproduct), and Lipton's Take Control, which contains sterol esters derived from soy oil. When Take Control entered the marketplace, news stories indicated that it had been "proven to lower cholesterol in 31 clinical studies." No mention was made of the fact that 30 of the 31 studies were supported by Unilever Bestfoods, the world's leading manufacturer of margarines and spreads. |
| Accordingly, the Australia/New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA)—though not our own FDA—requires that sterol-containing "functional foods" carry warning labels advising pregnant and lactating women, infants or children not to eat them.
By lowering cholesterol levels, sterols take away the cholesterol the body needs to adequately synthesize hormones such as estrogen and testosterone. Sterols also resemble natural hormones closely enough to clog receptor sites needed by genuine hormones. |
Laurie Deutsch Mozian, M.S., R.D.
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 Such foods are referred to as either functional foods or designer foods. functional foods and designer foods are foods that are supplemented with ingredients naturally rich in disease-preventing substances. This may involve genetic engineering of food. Vitamin-C enriched oranges, high-phytochemical broccoflower (a combination of broccoli and cauliflower), and fiber-enriched baked goods have already begun to appear in the market. The benefit that these foods provide is that the consumer will be meeting nutrient needs while at the same time consuming extra phytochemicals. |
David Hoffman, FNIMH, AHG
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 The sources of inulins marketed as nutritional supplements and functional foods are the roots of chicory (Cichorium intybus) and Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus).
Inulins may have antitumor, antimicrobial, hypolipidemic, and hypoglycemic properties. They may also have antiosteoporotic activity, as they appear to help improve mineral absorption and balance.6
Herbs Containing Inulins
Arctium lappa (burdock) Cichorium intybus (chicory) Cynara scolymus (globe artichoke) Echinacea spp. |
Mark Blumenthal
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 Houston, TX: International Conference and Exhibition on Nutraceuticals and functional foods, 2000; Sept. 13-17, Houston, TX.
Nickey KE. Urinary pH: effect of prescribed regimes of cranberry juice and ascorbic acid [Academy/Congress Abstracts]. Arch Phys MedRehabil 1975;56:556.
Ofek I, et al. And - Escherichia adhesion activity of cranberry and blueberry juices. New EngJ Med 1991 ;324(22): 1599.
Ofek I, Goldhar J, Sharon N. Ann-Escherichia coli adhesion activity of cranberry and blueberry juices. In: Kahane and Ofek (eds.). Toward Anti-adhesion Therapy for Microbial Diseases. |
| Houston, TX: International Conference and Exhibition on Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods; 2000 Sept;. 13-17.
Reid G. Potential preventive strategies and therapies in urinary tract infection [abstract]. World J Urol 1999;17:359-63.
Roberts, J. Tropism in bacterial infections: Urinary tract infections. / Urol 156: 1996; 1552-9.
Rogers J. Clinical: Pass the cranberry juice. Nursing Times 1991;27(87):36-7. Sapers G, Hargrave D. Proportions of individual anthocyanins in fruits of cranberry cultivars. J Amer Soc Hortic Sci 1987; 112:100-4.
Schlager T, Anderson S, Trudell J, Hendley J. |
Laurie Deutsch Mozian, M.S., R.D.
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| Such foods are referred to as either functional foods or designer foods. functional foods and designer foods are foods that are supplemented with ingredients naturally rich in disease-preventing substances. This may involve genetic engineering of food. Vitamin-C enriched oranges, high-phytochemical broccoflower (a combination of broccoli and cauliflower), and fiber-enriched baked goods have already begun to appear in the market. The benefit that these foods provide is that the consumer will be meeting nutrient needs while at the same time consuming extra phytochemicals. |
Elizabeth Somer, M.A., R.D.
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 DESIGNER, GENETICALLY ENGINEERED, AND FUNCTIONAL FOODS: CAVE DWELLER'S DREAM OR NIGHTMARE?
In an effort to boost the meager nutritional value of our overly processed foods, manufacturers are adding vitamins, minerals, herbs, and phytochemicals to new foods. These nutritionally fortified products are called functional foods, and they are likely to be the foods of the future, for better or for worse. |
Dr. Michael Heinrich, Joanne Barnes, Simon Gibbons and Elizabeth M. Williamson
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 Nutraceuticals, or 'functional foods'
Many foods arc known to have beneficial effects on health. Examples include:
• Garlic, ginger, turmeric and many other herbs and spices.
• Anthocyanin- or flavonoid-containing plants such as bilberries, cocoa and red wine.
• Carotenoid-containing plants such as tomatoes, carrots and many other vegetables.
USE OF HERBAL MEDICINES
The use of these remedies is extensive, increasing and complex. |
Josef A. Brinckmann and Michael P. Lindenmaier
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 In Germany, phytopharmaceuticals are differentiated from newer product terms such as "dietary supplements" (some of these preparations are also known as "functional foods" in the US and Japan); they are mainly food-based mineral and vitamin preparations rather than drugs. These terms have not (yet) been legally defined but are mentioned in § 25 of the German pharmacy regulations; legally, they are considered foods that can be useful in certain nutrient deficiencies [4, 22]. |
Stephanie Beling
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 In fact, these chemical compounds are so new that nutritionists still haven't agreed on a name; I call them phytochemicals, but you may see them called, variously, nutraceuticals, phytomins, phytonutrients, bioactive components, functional foods, even designer foods.Whatever name wins, it may someday be as common as "vitamins" and "miner-
Even as the research on phytochemicals goes forward, the basic evidence is too easy to miss. So are the benefits of eating the fruits and vegetables in which phytochemicals occur, fruits and vegetables typi-
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Grace Ross Lewis
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 What is meant by functional foods?
This term refers to foods that contain physiologically active components that promote health and may prevent disease. Most foods are functional because they contain chemical nutrients that are essential for health. Currently there is a great deal of research on the phytochemical components of foods such as beta carotene and other cartenoids that are responsible for good health.
92. Is it true that a poison such as sulfur dioxide is used on grapes? |
Robert Hass, M.S.
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 Phytofood Products That Fight Prostate Cancer
The following formula foods (also known as functional foods or biodesigned foods) contain anticancer phytonutrients, vitamins, minerals, and nonvitamin nutrients now being tested by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and other health research organizations. These formula foods are sold nationwide in health-food stores and some pharmacies and supermarkets. Appendix IV (pages 365-68) contains the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of product manufacturers. Have one serving of any one of the following products each day. |
Gary Null, Ph.D.
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 In addition to naturally occurring phytochemicals, scientists are developing what they call functional foods which consist of any food or food ingredient providing health benefits beyond the traditional nutrients it contains. |
Dr. Michael Heinrich, Joanne Barnes, Simon Gibbons and Elizabeth M. Williamson
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| Those that are used purely as foods are not covered here, but some others can be found in the chapters for which they are most useful (e.g. ginger, Chapter 13; garlic, Chapter 14). Further examples are given in Table 24.1.
Table 24. |
Sheldon Saul Hendler and David Rorvik
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 Emulsions of fish oils are now available that can be used as constituents for salad dressings and other foods. functional foods, including bars containing fish oil, are becoming available. Infant formulas containing DHA are available in Europe and Japan. Certain enteral supplements contain EPA and DHA as well as other immune-modulating nutrients such as L-arginine, L-glutamine and RNA.
Recommended fish oil products must contain antioxidants such as tocopherol to protect against their oxidation. |
Mary G. Enig
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 Lauric acid is important in functional foods and in soaps and cosmetics (see Chapter 4). a's-Configuration represents the cis geometric placement of those hydrogens attached to the carbons of a double bond. When both hydrogens are on the same side of the double bond they are said to be cis to each other. This cis configuration forces a bend in the fatty acid chain. In nature, most (but not all) plant and animal unsaturated fatty acids have cis double bonds. (See frans-configuration and Figure 1.12 for graphics of cis fatty acids. |
Robert Hass, M.S.
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| Highly concentrated phytonutrients have been incorporated into biodesigned food products, sometimes called functional foods or nutraceuticals. These high-tech food and beverage products are currently the focus of investigation by the NCI's Diet and Cancer Branch.
Perhaps you're wondering how can ordinary foods such as tomatoes, garlic, and soy pack the kind of wallop that can knock out a ferocious and merciless killer like cancer. Never underestimate the healing power locked inside a tomato, onion, orange, or cantaloupe. Food is the most chemically complex substance you will ever encounter. |
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