NUTRACEUTICALS AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN UNANI MEDICINE-A REVIEW
Abstract
Diet plays important role both as nutritive and therapeutic effect which has been modified to achieve maximum health benefits in the form of functional foods and nutraceuticals. Ancient unani physician gave much emphasis on diet for prevention of health and to treat any disease. The makool va mashroob (food and drink) is one of the vital factors among the six essentials pre-requisites (Asbab-e- Sitta-e- Zarooriya) that have been laid down for the promotion of health and prevention of disease. Among them food is one of the pre-requisites. The Ilaj bil ghiza is a distinctive non-medicinal therapy in which the treatment is done by modulation in dietary habits. Population demographics, socio-economic changes, increase in life expectancy, and increase in cost of health care have attracted researchers to conduct studies on how these changes can be managed efficiently. Functional foods and nutraceuticals have been identified as one of the leading food categories where research and development efforts are concentrated. In unani system of medicine various food which have been termed as ghiza dawai and dawa ghizai which adds nutritional and therapeutic effect, one which have more therapeutic effect and less nutritive effect can be termed as nutraceuticals.
KEYWORDS: Nutraceuticals, Diet, Ilaj- bil -ghiza, Asbab-e-Sitta-e-ZaroriayahReferences
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