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Colonic Microbiota, Nutrition and Health

Colonic Microbiota, Nutrition and Health

Gibson, G. R.
Roberfroid, M. B.

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Medical ReferenceTechnology & Engineering

ISBN10: 0412798808
ISBN13: 9780412798801
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Aug 31 1999
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.36
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
1 2 MARCEL B. ROBERFROID AND GLENN R. GIBSON 1 Universite Catholique de Louvain, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Avenue Mounier 73, B-1200 Brussels, BELGIUM 2 Food Microbial Sciences Unit, Department of Food Science and Technology, The University of Reading, Reading, UK It is clear that diet fulfils a number of important human requirements. These include the provision of sufficient nutrients to meet the requirements of essential metabolic pathways, as well as the sensory (and social) values associated with eating. It is also evident that diet may control and modulate various body functions in a manner that can reduce the risk of certain diseases. This very broad view of nutrition has led to the development of foodstuffs with added functionality. Many different definitions of functional foods have arisen. Most of these complicate the simple issue that a functional food is merely a dietary ingredient(s) that can have positive properties above its normal nutritional value. Other terms used to describe such foods include vitafoods, nutraceuticals, pharmafoods, foods for specified health use, health foods, designer foods, etc. Despite some trepidation, the concept has recently attracted much interest through a vast number of articles in both the popular and scientific media.

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