Deep B's Secret Diary

Introduction As the population is gradually shifting toward the search for health and extermination of diseases, foods consumed have become the focus of most attention. While it used to be simply about feeding how we get hungry, now it is about consuming what is good for our bodies. Enter functional foods—the next frontier in the world of nutrition that has been the recent new trend. These are not just foods that can fill the stomach, but foods that if taken can go a long way in reducing diseases and disease risk.   But what is meant by functional foods? How do they work? But why, or rather how are they increasingly becoming a norm in the diet of any individual? This blog will address such queries and others including the scientific foundations the benefits and the prospects of functional foods. Let's get started.  What Are Functional Foods? Functional foods are foods that have been fortified, or which naturally contain bioactive entities that go into supplying health adv...