Arai S
Department of Nutritional Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1-1-1 Sakuragaoka, Setagaya-ku, Japan.
Br J Nutr. 2002 Nov;88 Suppl 2:S139-43. doi: 10.1079/BJN2002678.
There is an old Chinese thought meaning that medicine and food are isogenic. In Japan, a national research project started to endorse the thought scientifically, with the birth of functional foods that are now known to function to reduce the risk of life-style related diseases. The science gave rise to a national policy in which some functional foods were legally approved in terms of Foods for Specified Health Use. China has also constructed a unique system for approving some functional foods. This paper pinpoints a recent trend of functional foods characteristic to Asia, with special reference to relevant topics in Japan.
中国有句古话叫“药食同源”。在日本，一项国家研究项目开始从科学角度支持这一理念，随着功能性食品的诞生，如今人们已知这些食品具有降低生活方式相关疾病风险的功能。这门科学催生了一项国家政策，即一些功能性食品在特定保健用食品方面获得了法律批准。中国也建立了一套独特的功能性食品审批体系。本文指出了亚洲功能性食品的最新趋势，并特别提及了日本的相关话题。
