Functional foods and nutraceuticals provide an opportunity to improve the human health, reduce health care costs and support economic development in rural communities. The phrase “Let food be the medicine and medicine be the food,” coined by Hippocrates over 2500 years ago is receiving a lot of interest today as food scientists and consumers realize the many health benefits of certain foods
Functional foods and dietary supplements are a rapidly growing segment of the overall food market and contain numerous biologically active compounds that may contribute to the health-promoting properties of these foods
Functional foods provides the body with the required amount of vitamins, fats, proteins, carbohydrates, etc, needed for its healthy survival. When functional food aids in the prevention of and/or treatment of disease(s) and/or disorder(s) other than anemia, it is called a nutraceuticals.