Functional foods as self-care and complementary medicine

Nutrition and Food Science

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 160-167

  Sarkar, S ^a  

^a Metro Dairy Limited   (India)

Author keywords

Diet; Health foods; Nutrition; Personal health

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547228215     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00346650710749053     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. ADA (1999), "Position of the American Dietetic Association: functional foods", Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Vol. 99, pp. 1278-85.
2. Ahrens, E.H. Jr. (1997), "The evidence relating six dietary factors to the nation's health: Introduction", American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 32, pp. 2627-31.
3. Anon. (2000a), "US functional food market to top $10 billion in 2004", Nutraceuticals International, Vol. 5, p. 4.
4. Anon. (2000b), "Euromonitor predicts healthy growth for world functional foods industry", Nutraceuticals International, Vol. 5, p. 4.
5. Clydesdale, F.A. (1997), "Proposal for the establishment of scientific criteria for health claims for functional foods", Nutrition Reviews, Vol. 55, pp. 413-22.
6. CMPA (2003), Reporting of Diet, Nutrition and Food Safety (1995-2003), Center for Media and Public Affairs, Washington, p. 33.
7. Diplock, A.T., Agget, P.J., Ashwell, M., Bornet, F., Fern, E.B. and Roberfroid, M.B. (1999), "Scientific concepts of functional foods in Europe: Consensus document", British Journal of Nutrition, Vol. 81, pp. 1-27.
8. Duggan, C., Gannon, J. and Walker, W.A. (2002), "Protective nutrients and functional foods for the gastrointestinal tract", American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 75, pp. 789-808.
9. Gandhi, D.M. and Prasher, R. (1991), "Use of whey based formulation in controlling gastro-intestinal disorders", Indian Dairyman, Vol. 6, pp. 266-9.
10. GAO (2000), Report to Congressional Committees: Food Safety: Improvements Needed in Overseeing the Safety of Dietary Supplements and Functional Foods, US General Accounting Office, Washington, DC.
11. Grajek, W., Olejnik, A. and Sip, A. (2005), "Probiotics, prebiotics and antioxidants as functional foods", Acta Biochemica Polonica, Vol. 52, pp. 665-71.
12. Haarman, M. and Knol, J. (2005), "Quantitative real-time PCR assays to identify and quantify fecal Bifidobacterium species in infants receiving a prebiotic infant formula", Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 71, pp. 2318-24.
13. Hasler, C.M. (1996), "Functional foods: The western perspective", Nutrition Reviews, Vol. 54, pp. 6-10.
14. Hasler, C.M. (2000), "The changing face of functional foods", Journal of American College of Nutrition, Vol. 19, pp. 499-506.
15. Hasler, C.M. (2002), "Functional foods: Benefits, concerns and challenges - a position paper from the American Council on Science and Health", Journal of Nutrition, Vol. 132, pp. 3772-81.
16. Health Canada (1998) Final Policy Paper on Nutraceuticals/Functional Foods and Health Claims on Foods, Health Canada.
17. Health Canada (2004) Final Policy Paper on Nutraceuticals/Functional Foods and Health Claims on Foods, Health Canada.
18. Hilliam, M. (1998), "Functional foods in Europe", The World of Ingredients, March/April, pp. 45-7.
19. Hilliam, N. (2000), "Functional foods: How big is the market?", World of Food Ingredients, Vol. 12, pp. 50-3.
20. Hirahara, T. (2004), "Key factors for the success of functional foods", Biofactors, Vol. 22, pp. 289-94.
21. Hollingsworth, P. (1997), "Mainstreaming healthy foods", Food Technology, Vol. 51, pp. 55-8.
22. ILSI (1999), "Safety assessment and potential health benefits of food components based on selected scientific criteria", International Life Sciences Institute, North America Technical Committee on Food Components for Health Promotion, Critical Reviews in Food Science Nutrition, Vol. 39, pp. 203-316.
23. IOM/NAS (1994), In Thomas, P.R. and Earl, R. (Ed.), Opportunities in the Nutrition and Food Science, Institute of Medicine/National Academy of Science, National Academy Press, Washington, DC, p. 109.
24. Manning, T.S. and Gibson, G.R. (2004), "Microbial gut-interaction in health and disease. Prebiotics", Best Practical and Research in Clinical Gastroenterology, Vol. 18, pp. 287-98.
25. Milner, J.A. (2000), "Functional foods: The US perspective", American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 71, pp. 1654-9.
26. NLEA, (1990), Nutrition Labeling and Education Act, Code of Federal Regulations, Public Law 10.
27. Riezzo, G., Chiloiro, M. and Russo, F. (2005), "Functional foods: salient features and clinical applications", Current Drug Targets: Immune Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders, Vol. 5, pp. 331-7.
28. Roberfroid, M.B. (1996), "Functional effects of food components and the gastrointestinal system: Chicory fructooligosaccharides", Nutrition Reviews, Vol. 54, pp. 38-42.
29. Roberfroid, M.B. (1999), "What is beneficial for health? The concept of functional foods", Food and Chemical Toxicology, Vol. 37, pp. 1039-41.
30. Roberfroid, M.B. (2000), "Prebiotics and probiotics: Are they functional foods?", American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 7, pp. 1682-7.
31. Roberfroid, M.B. (2002), "Global view on functional foods: European perspectives", British of Journal Nutrition, Vol. 2, pp. 133-8.
32. Sanders, M.E. (1998), "Overview on functional foods: Emphasis on probiotic bacteria", International Dairy Journal, Vol. 8, pp. 341-7.
33. Sehat, N. and Thomas, L. (2000), "Comparative scientific analysis with regulatory aspects for functional foods in Europe, North America, Japan and China", Functional Food Challenges for the New Millennium, 5th Karlsruhe Nutrition Congress, Germany, 22-24 October 2000, p. 123.
34. Shinohara, K. (1995), "Functional foods for specific health use - the needs for compositional data", in Greenfield, H. (Ed.), Quality and Accessibility of Food-related Data Proceedings of the First International Food Data Base Conference, AOAC International, Washington, DC, pp. 305-10.
35. Sloan, A.E. (2000), "The top 10 functional food trends", Food Technology, Vol. 54, pp. 33-62.
36. Stanton, C., Gardiner, G., Meehan, H., Collins, K., Fitzgerald, G.P., Lynch, B. and Ross, R.P. (2001), "Market potential for probiotic", American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 73, pp. 476-83.
37. Szakaly, S. and Schaffer, B. (2003), "Development of functional dairy products in Hungary", Tejgazdasdg, Vol. 63, pp. 211-29.
38. Tuohy, K.M., Rouzaud, G.C.M., Bruck, W.M. and Gibson, G.R. (2005), "Modulation of the human gut microflora towards improved health using prebiotic - assessment of efficacy", Current Pharmaceutical Design, Vol. 11, pp. 75-90.