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Functional Foods, Remember, by: Maria Lanza - Coggle Diagram
Functional Foods
Those food that demostrated physiological health benefits besides their nutritional value
examples:
antiinfalamtory effect
antifungal
antioxidants
characterisitics
demostred health benefits
imporve immunity system
prevent/treat diseases
control physical and mental conditions
They need to be scientifically proven
they can be consumed in an everyday diet
target to a sepcific population
they can be consume by everyone
specially:
pregnancy women
children
those who have nutritional deficency
those who have chronic diseases
natrutional nature
they can be obtained by:
a result of addition, substitution and elimination of certain food compounds
they can aso be found in traditional food products (oil, tomatoes, vegetables, etc,)
they can be obteined by
Natural form
modified
Bioactive compounds
compunds that are consituents that enhance fucntional foods and provice health benefits. They target mechanisims that manage/prevent or treat diseases.
some of them are:
Phytochemicals
individual compounds in plants that can have protective mechanisms agains enviromental insults
Polyphenols
sources: green tea, grapes, red wine
benefits: anti cancer; CHD protective
function: inhibit chemical carcinogenesis and tumor formation, are antioxidants and inhibit cancer cell growth, etc.
isoflavones
sources: soybean, flaxseed
benefits: relieves menopausal symptoms, anti-cancer, CHD protective
functions: estrogen-like activity, stimulates calcium absorption, lower cholesterol levels, etc.
Phytosterols
sources: plant oils
benefits: CHD protective
function: inhibits cholesterol absorption
Carotenoids
sources: tomatoes, carrots, yams, cantaloupe, spinach, sweet potatoes, citrues fruits.
benefits: anti - cancer, CHD protective
functions: antioxidant, induction of cell-cell comunication and growth control, etc.
N3 fatty acids
sources: flaxseed oil ,fish oil
benefits: CHD protective, anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory
function: lower triglycerides, affects eicosanoid production, inhibits platelet aggregation
Flavonoids
sources: citruis fruits, vegetables
benefits: anti-cancer, CHD protective
functions: antioxidant, inhibits platelet aggregation, inhibits cancer cell growth and proliferation, etc.
also known as Foods for Specific Helath Use (FOSHU)
Remember
functional foods do not cure or prevent disease by their own, they need to be combined with a healthy lifesyle.
they need to have sceintific evidence
they should never be used alone as a treatment
by: Maria Lanza