Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A food or naturally occurring food supplement thought to prevent disease or have other beneficial effects on human health.
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- noun A nutrient or
food believed to havecurative properties. A food used as adrug .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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However, the term nutraceutical as commonly used in marketing has no regulatory definition (2).
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Update: Meg sez, Coke's not making a skin cream, it is a 'nutraceutical' beverage to be called Lumae.
Boing Boing 2007
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The term "nutraceutical" was coined from "nutrition" and "pharmaceutical" in 1989 by Stephen DeFelice, MD, founder and chairman of the Foundation for Innovation in Medicine (FIM), Cranford, NJ (1) According to DeFelice, nutraceutical can be defined as, "a food (or part of a food) that provides medical or health benefits, including the prevention and/or treatment of a disease" (1).
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Although they often take on slick, medical-sounding names like "nutraceutical" or "cosmeceutical," the FDA regulates edible beauty products as dietary supplements -- a category that includes vitamins, minerals and herbs.
Pore Science 2007
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Long before the term 'nutraceutical' entered today's vocabulary, Man has consumed liquorice for thousands of years for ailments ranging from coughs to constipation.
NutraIngredients RSS 2009
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Long before the term 'nutraceutical' entered today's vocabulary, Man has consumed liquorice for thousands of years for ailments ranging from coughs to constipation.
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Long before the term 'nutraceutical' entered today's vocabulary, Man has consumed liquorice for thousands of years for ailments ranging from coughs to constipation.
FoodNavigator RSS 2009
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Long before the term 'nutraceutical' entered today's vocabulary, Man has consumed liquorice for thousands of years for ailments ranging from coughs to constipation.
FoodNavigator RSS 2009
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As obesity and chronic diseases like heart disease and diabetes continue to reach epidemic proportions, we need to look outside the medicine box for lifestyle, nutritional and nutraceutical options to fight this uphill battle.
Julie Chen, M.D.: Can Red Wine Help With Weight Loss? M.D. Julie Chen 2011
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As obesity and chronic diseases like heart disease and diabetes continue to reach epidemic proportions, we need to look outside the medicine box for lifestyle, nutritional and nutraceutical options to fight this uphill battle.
Julie Chen, M.D.: Can Red Wine Help With Weight Loss? M.D. Julie Chen 2011
qms commented on the word nutraceutical
The flesh of no nutria is suitable
To pitch as a true nutraceutical.
The trouble is that
It's called a swamp rat
And bias against it's immutable.
November 30, 2016
Quintesabd commented on the word nutraceutical
Spirulina may be one of most potential nutraceutical
November 30, 2016