Never has nutrition been given as much attention as it has been in the past 10 years. The desire of people to lead a healthy lifestyle necessarily involves the right attitude to nutrition.
It is known that food contains nutrients that provide the body with energy and are required for the growth and maintenance of tissues, the human body is not capable of producing them on its own and therefore must receive them from outside.
Nutrients needed by the body are divided into six main types: carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, and water.
Nutraceuticals: Their benefits, purpose, and uses
Nutraceuticals – this term was first coined by Dr. Stephen de Feliz, founder of the Foundation for Innovation in Medicine (FIM) in 1989.
The word Nutraceutical arose as a derivative of the two words “Nutrition” (Nutrition) and “Pharmaceutical” (Pharmaceutical).
Nutraceuticals are food products, botanical extracts, vitamins, and minerals to maintain and strengthen your health – concentrates of substances isolated from raw materials of predominantly plant origin, or substances obtained by chemical synthesis that are identical to natural analogs.
Nutraceutical products have therapeutic potential for the prevention and prevention of diseases, prevention of relapses of exacerbations of chronic diseases, improving health and general well-being, improving the quality of life, and maintaining the functions and structure of a healthy body.
Nutraceuticals include vitamins, minerals (iron, calcium, potassium, phosphorus, zinc, fluorine), amino acids (glycine, leucine, tryptophan, valine), dietary fiber, and other groups of biologically active substances of natural origin or identical to natural.
Nutraceutical products are a type of dietary supplement that helps adjust the chemical composition of food and provides us with the necessary amount of macro- and microelements consumption every day.
Nutraceuticals help to prevent diseases of the liver, heart, blood vessels, gastrointestinal tract, musculoskeletal and nervous systems.
Nutraceutical products increase our immunity system, speed up metabolism, get rid of toxins, facilitate the work of internal organs, increase efficiency, and improve our overall emotional state.
Nutraceutical products are standardized according to the main components and are characterized by clear indications for use, dosing regimen, and data on clinical effects. With long-term use of nutraceutical products, as a rule, their positive biological effects accumulate.
Nutraceuticals differ in composition and mechanism of action, therefore, like drugs, they are prescribed by a doctor. The main difference from drugs is that they help the body to self-adjust and eliminate disorders that lead to the development of a particular disease.
Nutraceuticals are prescribed to people who do not have serious health problems but have bad habits when a person does not lead a completely healthy lifestyle or gets into a situation of additional stress, as well as in patients with chronic diseases during the stabilization period.
Dietary supplements are now becoming an integral part of our diet. According to the conclusions of experts, the further existence of mankind is impossible without the inclusion of mineral-vitamin complexes and nutraceuticals in the daily diet.
The use of dietary supplements allows you to purposefully regulate the vital processes of the body and make up for the deficiency of vital substances, primarily nutraceuticals – amino acids, vitamins, and trace elements.