Article: Anticarcinogenic Properties of Garlic: A Review

Article: Growing importance of functional foods in healthcare
New Straits Times;  July 2, 2000 ;     700+ words ......Times 07-02-2000 Growing importance of functional foods in healthcare Edition: New Sunday...rise to a new class of foods known as functional foods. As we enter a millennium of designer...occurring foods which can serve as functional foods. And so we are confronted with terminology...

Article: Experts debate functional foods at Council of Europe forum.
Nutraceuticals International;  January 1, 1999 ;     540 words ......Safety and Consumer Health's Forum on Functional Foods. In his view, reported in the Association...bulletin, Euro OTC News, many of the functional foods could fit within the framework of...covered by the new legislation. Would functional foods cover cardiovascular systems, ...

Article: Functional Foods: A Survey of Health Claims, Pros and Cons, and Current Legislation
Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition;  July 10, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Functional foods stand for a new category of remarkably...appealing. There are many classes of functional foods (pro- andpre-biotics, dietary fiber...Consumers' main skepticism regarding functional foods resides in the veracity of health...

Article: Functional foods: Benefits, concerns and challenges--a position paper from the American Council on Science and Health
The Journal of Nutrition;  December 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Functional Foods: Benefits, Concerns and Challenges...on Science and Health1 ABSTRACT Functional foods can be considered to be those whole...basis. Linking the consumption of functional foods or food ingredients with health...

Article: Functional foods are poorly regulated. (Food or supplement?).
Consumers' Research Magazine;  February 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Functional foods are promoted as products with health...basic nutrition. The market for functional foods is a relatively recent phenomenon...16.2 billion. In 2002, sales of functional foods are projected to be between $17...

Article: By no other name: functional foods.(FUNCTIONAL FOODS DAIRY UPDATE 2008)
Dairy Foods;  May 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Functional foods ... our government might not...Datamonitor, which defines functional foods as everyday packaged food...consumer spent $90 in 2007 on functional foods. This translates to a market...

Article: Japanese spend 5% of food expenditure on functional foods at $126 pp/year.(FOSHU)
Nutraceuticals International;  September 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......rising sun, it is also where functional foods were born and where these...Yamagouchi & Associates, entitled Functional Foods & FOSHU Japan 2004. The Japanese...spend $26 per person a year on functional foods, compared with $67.9 in the...

Article: GMA: GAO Recommendations Would Unnecessarily Re-Regulate Functional Foods.
PR Newswire;  July 13, 2000 ;     397 words ......new regulations governing so-called functional foods, according to the Grocery Manufacturers...regulations relating to oversight of functional foods and dietary supplements. Functional foods are often described as foods that may...

Article: IFT issues report on functional foods
International News on Fats, Oils and Related Materials : INFORM;  June 1, 2005 ;     208 words ...Functional foods are at the threshold of unprecedented...Chicago, Illinois. The report, "Functional Foods: Opportunities and Challenges...development, regulation and marketing of functional foods. The report advises that functional...

Article: Functional foods: The challenges for consumer policy
Consumer Policy Review;  November 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT Functional foods are a new and expanding category of products. They...The challenge for consumer policy is to integrate functional foods into a healthy diet. Functional foods are a challenge, to those who make foods, to those...

Article: Lipids for functional foods and nutraceuticals.(Book Review)
Chemistry and Industry;  November 17, 2003 ;     700+ words ......cinnamon, coriander and garlic. It is thought that the origin of functional foods is probably a combination...The modern concept of functional foods is attributed to the...legal definition of functional foods: 'Foods for specified...

Article: Promises and Problems of Functional Foods
Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition;  July 10, 2004 ;     700+ words ..."Functional" foods are branded foods, which claim...well being. We review typical functional foods and their ingredients, efficacy...an unproven benefit. Keywords functional foods, health claims, regulation, supplements...

Article: Functional foods in Europe: new developments reviewed at ILSI meeting.
Nutraceuticals International;  November 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......development of new concepts relating to functional foods and, at a meeting on the subject held...science-based approach to the concept of functional foods; looking at ways of disseminating...of scientific support for claims on functional foods. One topic that was revisited at ...

Article: Health boom for functional foods.
The Kiplinger Agriculture Letter;  April 1, 2005 ;     389 words ...Some foods are more than nutrition... Functional foods improve your health, fight off disease...fields of study breed discoveries of functional foods: Nutrigenomics looks at the interaction...with health and medicinal benefits. Functional foods will even replace some drugs in years...