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Garlic is a popular spice added to several edible preparations and is a remedy for a variety of ailments. Epidemeological as well as laboratory studies have shown that garlic consumption reduces certain cancer incidences in the stomach, colon, mammary, cervical, etc. This article focuses on the general chemistry, metabolism, anticarcinogenic properties, mechanism of action behind the anticarcinogenic effects, functional foods based on garlic, and future areas of research. Garlic has been shown to metabolized into N-acetyl-S-allyl cysteine, allyl mercaptan, diallyl disulfide, diallyl sulfide, diallyl sulfoxide, diallyl sulfone, and allyl methyl sulfide. Garlic has been thought to bring about ...
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Growing importance of functional foods in healthcare
New Straits Times;
July 2, 2000 ;
724 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...
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Functional Foods: A Survey of Health Claims, Pros and Cons, and Current...
Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition;
July 10, 2005 ;
Arvanitoyannis, Ioannis S; van Houwelingen-Koukaliaroglou, Maria;
787 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...
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A yen for functional foods.(Health Bites)(Brief Article)
Food Processing;
February 1, 2005 ;
Toops, Diane;
96 words
......equivalent of $126 per person per year on functional foods compared with $68 per person per year...other Asian populations, according to Functional Foods & FOSHU ( foods of specific health...amp; Associates, Tarrytown, N.Y. Functional foods are mainstream in Japan, in fact...
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Functional foods are poorly regulated. (Food or supplement?).
Consumers' Research Magazine;
February 1, 2002 ;
Hunter, Beatrice Trum;
787 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...
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IFT issues report on functional foods
International News on Fats, Oils and Related Materials : INFORM;
June 1, 2005 ;
Anonymous;
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...
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Functional foods: The challenges for consumer policy
Consumer Policy Review;
November 1, 1996 ;
Winkler, Jack;
787 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...
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Lipids for functional foods and nutraceuticals.(Book Review)
Chemistry and Industry;
November 17, 2003 ;
Kochhar, S Parkash;
787 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...
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Promises and Problems of Functional Foods
Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition;
July 10, 2004 ;
Katan, Martijn B; de Roos, Nicole M;
787 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...
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FDA to hear input on functional foods
Natural Foods Merchandiser;
December 1, 2006 ;
Budgar, Laurie;
618 words
...Functional foods promise a lot. There's breakfast...play in defining and regulating functional foods. According to the docket published...conventional foods being marketed as 'functional foods' under the same regulatory framework...
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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...
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Functional Foods Forecast.(Brief Article)
Prepared Foods;
November 1, 2000 ;
OHR, LINDA MILO;
752 words
...The future of functional foods looks toward stricter...Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods in Houston, several...at the future of functional foods. International attendees...nutraceuticals and functional foods. Biotech Benefits...new generation of functional ...
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