CONSUMPTION OF FUNCTIONAL FOOD AND OUR HEALTH CONCERNS

Authors

  • Raghuveer Choudhary Department of Physiology, Government Medical College, Kota, India
  • Tandon RV Department of Physiology, Government Medical College, Kota, India

Abstract

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food†was embraced 2500 years ago by Hippocrates, the father of medicine. Food might provide therapeutic benefits is no a newer concept. However this “Food as medicine Philosophy fell into relative obscurity in the 19th century with the advent of modern drug therapy. In the 1900’s the role of diet in disease prevention health promotion come to the fore front once again (Table-1)

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Published

30-06-2009

How to Cite

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Choudhary R, RV T. CONSUMPTION OF FUNCTIONAL FOOD AND OUR HEALTH CONCERNS. Pak J Phsyiol [Internet]. 2009 Jun. 30 [cited 2024 Apr. 20];5(1). Available from: https://www.pjp.pps.org.pk/index.php/PJP/article/view/713

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2009): Pakistan Journal of Physiology

Section

Review Article

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