Choudhary Raghuveer, Tandon Rv.
Consumption of functional food and our health concerns.
Pak J Physiol Jan ;5(1):76-83.

¡°Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food¡± was embraced 2500 years ago by Hippocrates, the father of medicine. Food might provide therapeutic benefits is no a newer concept. However this Food as medicine Philosophy fell into relative obscurity in the 19th century with the advent of modern drug therapy. In the 1900¡¯s the role of diet in disease prevention health promotion come to the fore front once again. (Review article).

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