Food can act as medicine. The IFIC defines functional foods as "foods or food components that may provide benefits beyond basic nutrition." According to the Life Extension bulletin, only 3/4 of the American population could name a beneficial food in 1998. Now it is almost 9 out of 10 that can.
Be sure to understand and beware of what is actually beneficial, since there are companies and products out there that claim to be just because they wave a little vitamin over the top.
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