健康食品は有効か? : いくつかの開発事例を元に

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Following the raised consciousness concerning disease prevention and health improvement worldwide, interest in the functionality of foods has been increasing. The ideal way to research and display food functionality have been discussed in earnest. In Japan, food for specified health use was instituted ahead of the rest of the world and is the most advanced country in institutionalization of the functionality of food. This paper described international movements in research on food functionality and the display of food functionality. In addition, the following examples of research on food functionality being conducted by the authors were introduced: (1) research on the effect and safety of the Indian herb "Garcinia cambogia" on human body fat accumulation, (2) research on the increasing effect of a new type of oligo saccharide "Difructose anhydride III (DFA III)" on calcium absorption in humans and its safety which was carried out as an industry-academia-government joint research project. This paper discussed the ideal way to research food functionality on the basis of these two research cases.
2005-02-20