Development of innovative functional foods and nutraceuraticals.
Good nutrition influences health and wen being and may play a preventative role against many diseases. It is well-known that soya products such as soya milk drink. tempeh and tofu, carotene in oil palm. 85 well as lycopene in tomatoes may reduce the risk of cancer; probiotics and prebiotics cre...
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| Format: | Journal |
| Language: | English |
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Research Management Centre, Universiti Putra Malaysia
2004
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/284/1/synthesis_7.pdf |
| Summary: | Good nutrition influences health and wen
being and may play a preventative role
against many diseases. It is well-known that soya
products such as soya milk drink. tempeh and
tofu, carotene in oil palm. 85 well as lycopene in
tomatoes may reduce the risk of cancer; probiotics and prebiotics create a healthy gut
microflora; and unsaturated fatty acids and plant
phytosterols are useful for cholesterol reduction.
The health related aspects of food accelerate
innovations in the food industry and have a high
market potential. |
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