The health and wellness of human beings are largely dictated by the consumption of nutritious foods. Consumption of biologically active ingredients in fruits and vegetables has been linked to helping combat diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, obesity, and gastrointestinal tract disorders.
The food products used as nutraceuticals can be categorized as dietary fiber, prebiotics, probiotics, polyunsaturated fatty acids, antioxidants and other different types of herbal/ natural foods. These nutraceuticals help in combating some of the major health problems of the century such as obesity, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, osteoporosis, arthritis, diabetes, cholesterol etc.