There is growing consensus that systemic inflammation is at the heart of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Inflammation is a key feature of the immune system, functioning to defend tissue integrity and function. However, chronic stimulation of inflammatory mediators leads to lasting vascular reactivity, insulin resistance, hyperlipidemia, and, subsequently, chronic disease. Dietary practices to min...

The role of functional foods in pet diet with a perspective link with human nutrition is the object of our study. Veterinary pet trials clearly indicated that functional foods provide health benefits when administered on a regular basis with adequate active principles in the context of a well balanced diet. Our work hypothesis is that domestic animals might be a suitable model to validate, in s...

Functional food is defined as food that is taken as part of the usual diet and has beneficial effects thatgo beyond traditional nutritional effects. So far this functionality is mainly created during the industrialprocessing of the food through the addition of bio-active ingredients. Over the last years functional foodhas gained an increasing market share and the health claims made ...

The health of oral tissues and organs are, more or less, inevitably related to the chemical, physical and physiological properties of foods and diets. It is recognized that various dietary components may impair oral health; for example, a high frequency of consumption of fermentable carbohydrates such as sugars and starches are considered a risk factor for dental caries when a frequent intake i...

Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of metabolic abnormalities known to increase heart disease risk by two-fold and type 2 diabetes risk by five-fold. These disturbances include dyslipidemias, hypertension, hyperglycemia and central adiposity in addition to insulin resistance and low grade inflammation. The prevalence of MetS is about 34% in the United States with variations according to eth...

Older people may have more difficulties in acquiring the nutrients they need from diet and they are at greater risk of chronic diseases. Hence, functional foods based on algae, might have a role in improving very important nutrients intake without an increase in calories. This is crucial for middle age people that become less active and will not dispend as much energy as they use to, which will...

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Novel foods and novel processing techniques are a real challenge for science, industry and administrative bodies but are not a threat to consumers, so although the question why consumers are very wary of ‘novel food’ is undoubtedly interesting, this paper does not deal with consumer attitudes but with definitions of ‘foods’, ‘functional foods’ and ‘novel foods’ and with particular issues regard...