Nutraceuticals
This is one of my first times using the Net and first, I must commend you on how well you promote the dietitian as the expert on reliable and professional nutritional information.
Nutraceuticals: are natural or chemically engineered 'extracts' derived from a variety of plants. Examples of these would be beta-carotene (organic compound), antioxidants (molecules and enzymes), and flavonoids (metabolites).
Nutraceutical - A naturally occurring food (Garlic, Soy) or food supplement (Cod Liver Oil) believed to have beneficial effects on human health.
Nutraceutical
A combination of the words 'nutrition' and 'pharmaceutical'. These are foods or food products that are believed by some people to be medically beneficial, although opinion is divided as to whether they really are.
Nutraceuticals—also called functional foods, these products are marketed as having health benefits or disease-preventing qualities beyond their basic supply of energy and nutrients.
Other nutraceuticals have shown moderate success in reducing body weight, whereas several other compounds have demonstrated little or no effect.
Chondroitin sulfate (CS) and glucosamine are two nutraceuticals often used by patients with osteoarthritis (OA). Nutraceutical is a new word made by... Read more »
Acid mucopolysaccharides
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Orange and tangerine peels (and not the fruit inside) interested scientists at the USDA and KGK Synergize, a Canadian nutraceutical company.
Wildman, Robert E. C., ed. (2001). Handbook of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
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Dr Phil's used to (controversially) endorse the Shape Up brand of 'weight loss' products made by CSA Nutraceuticals. He no longer does, and the products are no longer made by the company.
 See also: Health, Nutrition, Nutraceuticals, Fat, Diet
  
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