Abstract

NEW IDEAS ON NUTRITIONAL MEDICINE AS A DRUG ALTERNATIVE

Akanksha Devi* and Dr. Brajesh Kumar Garg

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Abstract

The term "nutraceutical" is a combination of "nutrition" and "pharmaceutical." Nutraceuticals, broadly speaking, are foods or components of foods that significantly alter and sustain the normal physiological function necessary to keep healthy humans alive. Nowadays, nutraceuticals have received considerable interest due to potential nutritional, safety and therapeutic effects. The present demographic and health trends are the main drivers of the global nutraceutical market's expansion. Dietary fibre, prebiotics, probiotics, polyunsaturated fatty acids, antioxidants, and other diverse kinds of herbal/natural foods are some of the food products used as nutraceuticals. Some of the biggest health issues of the century, including as obesity, cardiovascular disease, cancer, osteoporosis, arthritis, diabetes, and cholesterol, are fought off with the aid of these nutraceuticals. Overall, the term "nutraceutical" has ushered in a new era of medicine and health, in which the food sector has turned into a research field. In the present review much effort has been devoted to present new concepts about nutraceuticals.

Keywords: Nutraceuticals dietary supplement, Antioxidants, Herbal neutraceuticals, nutraceutical product.