Research & positioning of nutraceuticals: the future intelligent food
- Vol.53(3), March
- Mumbai Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Science 2021
- 27-30p.
Over a period of 20 years, the sector of nutraceuticals and functional foods has emerged at the convergence of the pharmaceutical and food industries (Childs et al. 2000). The rising rates of obesity and diabetes, rising eye-health concerns, increase in cardiovascular disease incidence, has transformed the consumption patterns in developing markets. With a rising shift from- treatment to preventive medicine, clinicians and patients are inspired to think differently about health and disease, thereby creating an impetus for nutraceutical innovations.