Francesc Puiggros
University Rovira i Virgili
Spain
Title: New approach towards healthy foods innovation and the scientific view for health claims substantiation
Biography
Biography: Francesc Puiggros
Abstract
Today, it is widely accepted that multifactorial aetiologies characterize many chronic diseases, including metabolic syndrome, menopause, and general ageing, and that a lifestyle full of homeostatic disturbances and even shift work can lead to obesity. To combat such diseases and adverse health conditions, an increasing number of functional foods and nutraceuticals have been marketed in recent years as supplements to the dietary recommendations. Still, many of these products are marketed according to the promise of health benefits to a single physiological target, rather than more realistically addressing the entire set of factors that may lead to the onset and progression of a multifactorial chronic disease. This oral presentation will aim at offering a new perspective about the evolution concept of healthy foods (functional, nutraceuticals) and the innovative strategies both for innovating and scientific substantiating.