The functional foods concept started in Japan in the early 1980s with the launch of three large-scale government-funded research programs on systematic analyses and development of functional foods, analyses of physiological regulation of the functional food and analyses of functional foods and molecular design (Ashwell 2002; Pravst et al. 2010). In 1991, in an effort to reduce the escalating co...

Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) are a common problem in children. These disorders in children are classified into the following categories according to the ROME III classification: Functional Dyspepsia, Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Abdominal Migraines, Childhood Functional abdominal pain (FAP), Childhood functional abdominal pain syndrome and functional constipation. FGIDs are ...

Designer foods are the processed foods that are supplemented with food ingredients naturally rich in disease preventing substances. Food design, designer foods, functional foods, nutritionally modified foods and genetically modified foods are some of the myrid terms that appear in the popular scientific food nutrition press. (Samuel Godber, 2007). Development of designer foods has mainly based ...

Functional foods are extremely beneficial components found naturally in foods or added to the regular diet which include secondary metabolites, prebiotics, probiotics, synbiotics in addition to the usual vitamins, minerals and amino acids. Functional food ingredients contain biologically beneficial carotenoids, fatty acids, flavonoids, betalains, phenols, phenolic acids, phytosterols, alkaloids...

functional gastrointestinal disorders (fgids) are a common problem in children. these disorders in children are classified into the following categories according to the rome iii classification: functional dyspepsia, irritable bowel syndrome (ibs), abdominal migraines, childhood functional abdominal pain (fap), childhood functional abdominal pain syndrome and functional constipation. fgids are ...