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Functional Foods: Fortified For Your Health

Functional Foods

The little time we spend on planning and preparing a healthy and balanced diet, fast food and the tempting choice of snacks of all kinds are to reduce the consumption of fruits and vegetables, among other products essential. This is an increase of cholesterol, obesity and lack of nutrients. The intention to avoid these harmful effects is causing the rise of so-called functional foods, those that provide beneficial substances to the body, such as minerals or vitamins, which have been enriched, apart from its own nutrients.

Emerged in Japan in the 80s: with increasing life expectancy of the population, increased health spending, so it is proposed to help health through food. These serve to prevent various diseases, vitamin deficiencies and mitigate cardiovascular problems and even birth defects. Read the rest of this entry »