Normally, a strict distinction is made between food and medicinal products. However, advances in research are blurring the line more and more. New studies on Superfood & Co are published almost every day. The term nutraceuticals makes it clear that food is more than just a supplier of energy. After all, Hippocrates already said: "Let food be your medicine and medicine your food!"

The term nutraceuticals (= nutraceuticals) is made up of the English words nutrition (= food) and pharmaceutical (= pharmaceuticals). The word combination goes back to the American doctor Stephen De Felice, founder of the Foundation for Innovation in Medicine (FIM). Nutraceutical means a food or part of a food that has a medicinal or health benefit. Including the prevention and treatment of diseases. In contrast to pharmaceuticals, these are not synthetic substances that have been developed for specific diseases.

To the nutraceuticals include traditional, herbal remedies, dietary supplements or so-called functional food (= functional food). But also ordinary foods, spices, essential fatty acids, vitamins or dietary fiber are referred to as nutraceuticals. The exact legal definition differs by country. For example, in Canada, for example, the term means a food-prepared product that is available in pill or powder form. In Germany, on the other hand, it is not specified what may and may not be called a nutraceutical. This is a paragraph. Writing in paragraphs makes it easier for your visitors to quickly find what they are looking for.

Source: Caroline Hoffmann