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A GENERAL REVIEW ON NUTRACEUTICALS: ITS GOLDEN HEALTH IMPACT OVER HUMAN COMMUNITY

Journal: International Journal of Advanced Research (Vol.9, No. 01)

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Page : 1121-1125

Keywords : Dietary Fiber Nutraceuticals Prebiotics Polyphenols Spices Human Diet;

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Abstract

Nutraceutical is the hybrid of Nutrition and Pharmaceutical. Nutraceuticals, in broad, are food or part of food playing a significant role in modifying and maintaining normal physiological function that maintains healthy human beings. The principal reasons for the growth of the nutraceutical market worldwide are the current population and the health trends. The food products used as nutraceuticals can be categorized as dietary fibre, prebiotics, probiotics, polyunsaturated fatty acids, antioxidants and other different types of herbal/ natural foods. These nutraceuticals help in combating some of the major health problems of the century such as obesity, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, osteoporosis, arthritis, diabetes, cholesterol etc. In whole, Nutraceutical has led to the new era of medicine and health, in which the food industry has become a research-oriented sector.

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