NUTR 4090 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Good Manufacturing Practice, Nutraceutical, Functional Food
9 Feb 2020
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The term functional food is often used quite broadly, although the health canada definition restricts it to foods demonstrated to have physiological benefits and/or those that reduce the risk of chronic disease beyond basic nutritional functions. Use examples of foods that have a nutritional additive that supplies basic physiological functions and in comparison those that would be considered beyond basic nutritional functions to complete your answer. The basic nutritional function of a nutrient is its main physiological role in the body, and typically it is associated with an acute deficiency if we don"t have enough. These are the typical textbook roles of the nutrients and are defined in the allowable structure-function claims of nutrients. Beyond that refers to the physiological role of a bioactive component or nutrient that would sustain health or reduce the risk of chronic diseases, but for which there is no defined deficiency disease.
