NUTRITION WEEK CELEBRATIONS-DAY 4
Mrs
Leela Rani, Director
Lee Health Domain, Lee Pharmae Limited, Duvvada, Visakhapatnam
SPEAKER: FUNCTIONAL FOODS AND NEUTRACEUTICALS.
OUR PLANET, OUR HEALTH,
OUR FUTURE”.
Preventive health
care:
-Nutrition.
-Movement.
-Passion
and Purpose.
-Rest and Relaxation.
-Spirituality.
Impact of optimal
nutrition:
-Immunity
-Sleep Quality
-Growth and Development
-Energy and Endurance
-cognitive function
-Joint health
-Disease
-Fatigue and Tiredness.
FUNCTIONAL FOODS:
-Foods
that included additional benefits beyond those covered by nutrition.
-examples of functional foods are; Fruits: berries, kiwi, pears, peaches, apples,
oranges, and bananas.
Vegetables: broccoli, cauliflower, kale, spinach, zucchini.Nuts: almonds,
cashews, pistachios, macadamia nuts, Brazil nuts. Seeds: chia seeds, flax
seeds, hemp seeds, pumpkin seeds.
FORTIFIED FOODS:
-A food that has extra
nutrients added to it or has nutrients added that are not normally
there.
-Breakfast cereals.
Bread.Eggs, Fruit juice, Soy milk and other milk alternatives, Milk, Yogurt, and
MILLETS A SOLUTION TO AGRARIAN AND
NUTRITIONAL CHALLENGES:
-Sustainable
crop substitutes are needed to meet world hunger (cereal demand) and to improve the income of farmers. The role of millets cannot be ignored
for achieving sustainable means of
nutritional security.
-The demand for food will increase proportionately with the growth in the world
population.
“MILLET A SHRI DANYA AND NOT NIKRISHTA DANYA”.
-Millets are a powerhouse of nutrients.
They have reclaimed their space in the kitchen
of
those more health-conscious. Millets boost your health and improve weight loss, besides being gluten-free. Speak to any
fitness enthusiast, and they will vouch for the miraculous benefits of eating millet.
Processing of millets:
1. Soaking(malting).
2. Germination.
3.
Fermentation.
• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the year 2022-23 would be the 'International Year of Millets'. "Support will be given for
post-harvest value addition, enhancing domestic consumption and
branding millet products nationally as well as internationally," she said.
Nutraceuticals:
-Nutraceuticals is
a broad umbrella term that is used to describe any product derived from food sources
with extra health
benefits in addition
to the basic nutritional value found in foods.
-the role of nutraceuticals:
=Improves
mental health, builds immunity, supports reproductive health, treats inflammation, improves gut health, and supports cardiac
health.
Mechanism
of neutraceuticals:
A nutraceutical can
be defined as a substance that has a physiological advantage or provides protection from chronic disease.
Nutraceuticals can be used to improve
health, delay the ageing process, prevent chronic disease, increase life expectancy, or support the structure or function of the body.
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