Abstract

NUTRACEUTICALS PROVIDE HEALTH AS WELL AS MEDICAL BENEFITS

Dr. Mohd. Wasiullah, Piyush Yadav*, Ajit Kumar Yadav and Sushil Yadav

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Abstract

Nutraceuticals were developed following a consumer survey in the U.K., Germany, and France indicating that diet is more important to good health than exercise or hereditary factors. A nutraceutical is a substance that has physiological effects on the human body, but which has not been traditionally recognized as an essential nutrient. The legal classification of both food and drugs is not easily determined, and they often exist in a gray area between the two. For the management of health we have considered safer approaches using nutraceuticals and functional foods based on the risk of toxicity or adverse effects of drugs. The result was a revolution in nutraceuticals. Food and drug companies will become research-oriented, similar to the pharmaceutical industry, thanks to the nutraceutical revolution.

Keywords: Nutraceuticals, Medicine, Functional foods.