Functional Foods and Active molecules with relevance to Health and Chronic disease
Journal Title: Functional Foods in Health and Disease - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 10
Abstract
Background: In recent years,food scientists have published several articles whichstate how functional foods contain known, effective biologically-active compounds [1]. Some of these biologically-active, non-toxic compounds have advantageous physiological effects [1] and could play an important role in current global chronic disease epidemics. Functional food science [2] has become essential to the treatment strategies for various diseases, such as obesity, diabetes,and neurodegenerative diseases (Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’sdisease) [3].These diseases havesignificantlyincreased in this century. For example, the incidence of diabetes has been predicted to increase to 21% and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) to 40% of the global population by 2050.
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Ian Martins
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