Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals: Chemistry, Health Benefits and the Way Forward

Introduction to Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals.- Proteins as functional foods and Nutraceuticals.- Lipids as functional foods and Nutraceuticals.- Dietary Fibers as functional foods and Nutraceuticals.- Minerals as functional foods and Nutraceuticals.- Vitamins as functional foods and Nutraceuticals.- Polyphenols as functional foods and Nutraceuticals.- Flavonoids as functional foods and Nutraceuticals.- Prebiotics, Probiotics and Sybiotics and Nutraceuticals.- Sea Foods as Functional foods and Nutraceuticals.- Functional ingredients from underutilized and waste materials.- Bakery, Confectionery and Beverages as Functional Foods.- Application of Nanotechnology for the development of Functional foods and Nutraceuticals.- Milk as functional food.- Recent advances in extraction of phytochemicals.- Processing Effects on the Functional Components during Product Development.- Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals as immunity boosters and in combatting lifestyle diseases.