Products that are related to the functional power
Such products must have a long shelf life, are easy to prepare and well assimilated by the body. However, the most importantproduct of products, related to functional nutrition - is the opportunity to improve the health of the body. These products are considered to include only those that in their composition contain certain ingredients that are somehow useful for health.
There is a series of mandatory conditions, without which the product can not be considered functional. First of all, all its components must have a natural origin. All such products should be an integral part of the daily diet. And the last thing is that each of them should exert some influence on the body, for example, improve the work of the gastrointestinal tract, increase immunity, etc.
Foodfunctional nutrition can not be attributed to dietary supplements or medicines, they are presented in the form of ordinary food forms and are never in the form of tablets, pills, etc. One of the distinctive features of these products can be called what can be used without prescribing a doctor. It is also important that they can be used for a long time, since they do not have side effects and do not harm the body. To prevent or curative effect of them was reached, they must be used regularly.
Functional products must necessarily be of natural origin, do not contain harmful additives and chemical impurities. Each of them must possess great biological activity.
Each product related to functional nutrition must necessarily pass the long-term tests in clinical conditions and have a medical certified documentation.
History of the emergence of functional nutrition
Functional products first appeared in Japan. In 1955, the Japanese created the first dairy fermented milk product, developed on the basis of lactobacilli. The medicine of Japan already realized that a healthy organism is impossible without the maintenance of the intestinal microflora in the norm. After 29 years in Japan, a national project was launched, according to which the creation of a system of functional nutrition was started. In 1989, this scientific direction was recognized officially and the term "functional nutrition" began to be used in scientific literature. Two years later the system of functional nutrition was formed at the state level. Approximately at the same time, there appeared a concept of products that can be consumed to maintain their health.
Functional products in the world
Given time, this branch of products is expanding and gaining popularity. In the wake of the world, people are switching to functional nutrition, and Russia is no exception. Our manufacturers are trying to keep up with the foreign, constantly increasing the share of manufactured functional food products. Producers of Europe, Japan and America have advanced much further.
The right moment Japan is the only country in which even the law on functional food products has been adopted. For example, there it is possible to meet ready-made soups in the sales, which prevent the development of infringements of the blood supply, chocolate, which helps with the prevention of myocardial infarction and even beer against cell pathologies.
Almost the same widespread use of functional foods in the US, the company is deployed for their advertising in the media. But on the territory of Germany, a similar advertising of products that have a curative effect is prohibited.
Today, you can count more than three hundred thousand kinds of such products. In Japan, similar products account for 50%, and in Europe and America about 25% of the total share of food. According to the forecasts of Japanese and American specialists, soon enough, some functional products can replace individual medicines on the market.
Is it possible to include such products as clerks ?
Of course, many substances that are part of the products of functional nutrition, can bring significant benefits to the human body. But these products are not a panacea. You can not consider them medicines. It is for this reason that they can be used in addition to medications for the treatment of certain diseases, but not in their place. In addition, manufacturers of such substances must take into account the interrelations of different substances. Some useful substances can manifest their medicinal properties only in combination with others, worse absorbed by our body in an isolated form.
Types and composition of functional products
Products that are related to functional nutrition, in its composition contain large doses of active biological components. They can include various microelements, vitamins, bioflavonoids, antioxidants, probiotics, lactic acid bacteria, amino acids, dietary fibers, proteins, polyunsaturated fatty acids, peptides, glycosides, etc.
More often, functional products are presented on the market in the form of soups, cereals, cocktails and drinks, bakery products and sports nutrition.
Specialists recommend that the products of functional nutrition accounted for not less than 30% of the human diet.