Functional Foods and Sustainable Health (2nd Edition)
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Public Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2025
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food microbiome; functional foods; nutrition; fermentation; antimicrobials
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Interests: food bioactive compounds; functional foods design; foods; nutrition; metabolic disorders
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Food properties and its components affect human physiology and metabolism, exerting a significant impact on health. Due to their promising beneficial effects on human body functions beyond nutrient adequacy, functional foods have gained increasing interest from the scientific community, consumers, and the food industry.
The aim of this Special Issue is to present state-of-the-art contributions discussing the role of functional foods in health sustainability. High-quality original research articles and up-to-date review papers focusing on food components (nutrient and non-nutrient bioactives, novel functional ingredients, etc.), the specific bioactivity of -biotics (probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, and postbiotics), and studies investigating the underlying mechanisms connecting functional foods/ingredients with beneficial effects on target body functions are within the scope of this Special Issue. The sustainable utilization of by-products and innovative technologies for functional food development are also welcome.
Prof. Dr. Yiannis Kourkoutas
Dr. Amalia Yanni
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- human wellbeing
- healthy lifestyle
- functional food ingredients
- sustainability
- food by-products
- prebiotics, probiotics, synbiotics, postbiotics
- nutrition
Related Special Issue
- Functional Foods and Sustainable Health in Nutrients (6 articles)
