World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

A REVIEW ON NUTRACEUTICALS & IT’S ROLE IN DISEASE PREVENTION

Rehan Uddin*, Najmul Hasan, Janvi Yadav, Shivani Singh, Mohd Hasan

ABSTRACT

Nutraceuticals have received considerable interest because of their presumed safety and potential nutritional and therapeutic effects?. The concept of nutraceuticals was stared from the survey in U.K., Germany and France which concluded that diet is rated more highly by consumers than exercise or hereditary factors for achieving good health. In recent years there is a growing interest in nutraceuticals which provide health benefits and are alternative to modern medicine. By using nutraceuticals, it may be possible to reduce or eliminate the need for conventional medications, reducing the chances of any adverse effect. Nutraceuticals often possess unique chemical actions that are unavailable in pharmaceuticals. The entire world is fighting diseases characteristic of the modern age such as obesity, osteoporosis, cancer, diabetes, allergies, and dental problems. With a global increase in the prevalence of obesity, both nutrition and exercise play key roles in its prevention and treatment. Nutrients, herbals and dietary supplements are major constituents of nutraceuticals which make them instrumental in maintaining health, act against various disease conditions and thus promote the quality of life. Using food products to promote health and cure disease is renowned. Currently most of the drug molecules available in the formulations were anciently used in their crude form.

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