ǂThe ǂRole of functional foods, nutraceuticals, and food supplements in intestinal health

Avrelija Cencič (Author), Walter Chingwaru (Author)

Abstract

New eating habits, actual trends in production and consumption have a healyh, environmental and social impact. The EU is fighting diseases characteristics of a modern age, such as obesity, osteoporosis, cancer, diabetes, allergies and dental problems. Developed countries are also faced with problems relatingto aging populations, high energy foods, and unbalanced diets. The potential of nutraceuticals/functional foods/food supplements in mitigating health problems, especially in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, is discused. Certain members of gut microflora (e.g., probiotic/protective strains) play a role in the host health due to its involvment in nutritional, immunologic and physiologic functions. The potential mechanisms by which nutraceuticals/functional foods/food supplements may alter a host's health arealso highlighted in this paper. The establishment of novel functional call models of the GI and analytical tools that allow tests in controlled experiments are highly desired for gut research.

Keywords

nutraceutical;functional food;food supplement;intestinal helath;probiotic;intestinal cell models;gut research;

Data

Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2010
Typology:	1.02 - Review Article
Organization:	UM FKBV - Faculty of Agriculture
UDC:	577
COBISS:	2948396
ISSN:	2072-6643
Views:	1119
Downloads:	333
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Other data

Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary keywords:	farmacevtski dodatki prehrani;funkcionalna živila;prehranska dopolnila;zdravje črevesja;probiotiki;celični model;črevesje;raziskave črevesja;
URN:	URN:SI:UM:
Type (COBISS):	Scientific work
Pages:	str. 611-625
Volume:	ǂIssue ǂ6
Issue:	ǂVol. ǂ2
Chronology:	2010
DOI:	10.3390/nu2060611
ID:	10844037