Global view on functional foods: Asian perspectives.
There is an old Chinese thought meaning that medicine and food are isogenic. In Japan, a national research project started to endorse the thought scientifically, with the birth of functional foods that are now known to function to reduce the risk of life-style related diseases. The science gave rise to a national policy in which some functional foods were legally approved in terms of Foods for Specified Health Use. China has also constructed a unique system for approving some functional foods. This paper pinpoints a recent trend of functional foods characteristic to Asia, with special reference to relevant topics in Japan.
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Department of Nutritional Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1-1-1 Sakuragaoka, Setagaya-ku, Japan. ara@kiwi.ne.jp
D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D002681:China; D058870:Food, Organic; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D018673:Nutrition Policy; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D008517:Phytotherapy