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Human Psichology

Functional Food Design Rules – part 2
ByIvan Nikolov April 19, 2014

In part 1 I explained the term “functional food” and also discussed proteins and their inclusion in the design of functional foods. In this article I will discuss carbohydrates (fats in post 3). 2. Carbohydrates – types, health-promoting forms (sources) and quantities in foods There are 5 types of carbohydrates that I am concerned with when formulating…

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Human Psichology

Functional Food Design Rules – part 1
ByIvan Nikolov April 18, 2014

First of all, the phrase “functional food design” implies that functional foods do not exist in nature and they have to be “designed” or formulated, or processed in some way, which is not exactly accurate. There are plenty of examples of such foods in their natural, unprocessed or wholesome state (different forms of algae come to mind here). On…

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