3. Content
• Background
• Introduction
• Functional food as nutraceuticals
• Concept of functional foods
• Cereals as functional foods
• Legumes as functional foods
• Vegetables as functional foods
• Fruits as functional foods
• Conclusions
4. Background
For centuries have attributed to diet and foods as functional role in
health.
Understanding of the relationship between food, physiological
functions, and disease have progressed in recent years particularly over
the past decade
6. Functional food as nutraceuticals
Nutraceuticals have claimed to have a physiological benefit or
protection against the following disease
• Cardiovascular drugs
• Antidiabetic drug
• Anticancer agents
• Immune boosters
• Chronic inflammatory disorders
7. Concept of functional foods
The functional food concept was developed in Japan at the early 1980s
as (FOSHU) was established in 1991.
Defined has any food or ingredients that has a positive impact on an
individuals health, physicals performance or state of mind
8. Cereals as functional foods
Most common cereal based functional foods are wheat, barley, buck
wheat, oats, brown rice.it provide protection against:
• CVDs
• Cancer
• Reducing tumor incidence
• Reducing blood pressure
• Risk of heart disease
• Cholesterol level
• Antioxidative properties
• Used against circulatory disorders