This document discusses nutraceuticals, which are foods or nutrients that provide health benefits. It defines nutraceuticals as foods or food components that can prevent or treat disease. The document outlines several advantages of nutraceuticals, such as improving health, delaying aging, and having fewer side effects than pharmaceuticals. It provides examples of conditions that nutraceuticals can help, such as arthritis, cancer prevention, cholesterol lowering, and diabetes. Finally, the document lists several therapeutic applications of nutraceuticals in treating illnesses and disorders like sleeping problems, digestion issues, certain cancers, osteoporosis, and blood pressure issues.

1. Prepared by- Kiran Niure
B.V.Sc & A.H, 4th semester
AFU, Rampur
Advisor- Prof. Dr. Mohan Prasad Gupta
Department of Surgery and Medicine
AFU, Rampur

2. History And Introduction
Greek Physician Hippocrates (father of Medicine),said several centuries
ago “Let Food be Your Medicine”
The Philosophy behind is: “Focus on Prevention”
 The term “Nutraceutical” :
coined from “Nutrition” & “Pharmaceutical” in
1989 by
Stephen DeFelice,
MD, Founder and Chairman of the Foundation for Innovation in
Medicine (FIM)
 Defined as:
“ A food or part of food or nutrient that provides
health benefits, including the prevention and treatment of a disease.”

4. ADVANTAGES OF NUTRACEUTICALS
• Improve health
• Delay aging
• Increases life expectancy
• Reduced side effects with desirable outcomes
• Holistic approach

5. Effectiveness
• considerable interest due to their potential nutritional, safety and
therapeutic effects.
•Effective role in a plethora of biological processes, including
antioxidant defenses, cell proliferation, gene expression, and
safeguarding of mitochondrial integrity.
• various studies revealed that these products are extremely active,
have profound effect on cell metabolism and often have little
adverse effect

6. Conditions Nutraceuticals
•Allergy relief •Ginkgo biloba
•Arthritis support •Glucosamine
•Cancer prevention •Flax seed , Green tea
•Cardiac disease •Garlic
•Cholesterol lowering •Garlic
•Digestive support •Digestive enzymes
•Diabetic support
•Female hormone
support
•Immunomodulators
•Garlic , Momordica
•Black conosh , False
Unicorn
•Ginseng
Theraputic Application and Uses of nutraceuticals
In treatment of a variety of illnesses, including addiction and other chronic diseases
such as:
1. Sleeping disorders
2. Digestion problems
3. Certain cancers (Colorectal cancer)
4. Osteoporosis
5. Blood pressure
6. Cholesterol lowering (garlic)
7. Neurological disorders (Autism)
8. Diabetes etc..

10. References:
 http://www.thepharmajournal.com/vol1Issue11/Issue_jan_2013/4.1.pdf
http://www.pharmaceutical-journal.com
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Google search

11. LET THE FOOD BE YOUR MEDICINE
THANK YOU !!