http://fitfare.net/2006/09/26/are_functional_foods_feasible/ Healthy Living for the Masses Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:01:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://fitfare.net/2006/09/26/are_functional_foods_feasible/#comment-158 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:31:28 +0000 http://fitfare.net/2006/09/26/are_functional_foods_feasible/#comment-158 That's a good point Tanya. Thank you. That’s a good point Tanya. Thank you.

]]> http://fitfare.net/2006/09/26/are_functional_foods_feasible/#comment-157 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:21:31 +0000 http://fitfare.net/2006/09/26/are_functional_foods_feasible/#comment-157 Great article! I wanted to add that functional foods are those that provide additional health benefits above regular nutrition, so vitamin fortified foods are not necessarily functional foods (almost everything is fortified these days). Examples would include yogurts with probiotics (increase beneficial gut bacteria) and butter with plant sterols which lower cholesterol. Great article! I wanted to add that functional foods are those that provide additional health benefits above regular nutrition, so vitamin fortified foods are not necessarily functional foods (almost everything is fortified these days). Examples would include yogurts with probiotics (increase beneficial gut bacteria) and butter with plant sterols which lower cholesterol.

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