| Abstract: | The idea of a functional food came from Japanin the 1980s, apparently developing as the Ministry of Healthand Welfare became concerned about the costs of caring for anageing population, and sought to encourage any methodology thatmight improve long-term health prospects. The inverted commasindicate the author's wonder at the term, and his concern aboutthe development of dysfunctional food analysis as a speciality. What does the word mean? The American Dietetic Association describesfunctional foods as any potential health food or foodingredient that may provide |
