What are Nutraceuticals?

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Nutraceuticals are products,  which have health-promoting, disease-preventing or medicinal properties. Which can be  used as medicine.

 

A nutraceutical product may be defined as a substance, which has physiological benefit or provides protection against chronic disease.

 

The food products used as nutraceuticals can be categorized as dietary fibre, prebiotics, probiotics, polyunsaturated fatty acids, antioxidants and other different types of herbal/ natural foods.