Background Plant foods, such as fruits, vegetables, and whole grains contain many components that are beneficial to human health. Research supports that some of these foods, as…
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Nutrients
Functional Foods Fact Sheet: Probiotics and Prebiotics
Background The growing awareness of the relationship between diet and health has led to an increasing demand for food products that support health above and beyond providing…
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Functional Foods Fact Sheet: Soy
Background Soybeans are native to East Asia, where they have been an important food staple for centuries. There is documentation of soy being cultivated as early as…
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Whole Grains Fact Sheet
Background Grains have been the “staff of life” for thousands of years, serving as a vital food source for humans. Until the last century grains were commonly…
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Functional Foods Fact Sheet: Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Background Interest in omega-3 fatty acids can be traced to observational studies of Greenland Inuits conducted in the late 1970s. The low occurrence of coronary heart disease…
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