Cargando…

The grand challenge of regulating health foods in India

Food is the primary source of nutrients to keep us nourished and healthy. Poor and unhealthy diets implicated with the increase of several non-communicable diseases (NCDs) require a food-based approach to reduce the ongoing rise. Traditional knowledge and science behind food-related health benefits...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Boindala, Sesikeran, Lewis, Joseph I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6886136/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31719295
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1719_18
_version_ 1783474824235974656
author Boindala, Sesikeran
Lewis, Joseph I.
author_facet Boindala, Sesikeran
Lewis, Joseph I.
author_sort Boindala, Sesikeran
collection PubMed
description Food is the primary source of nutrients to keep us nourished and healthy. Poor and unhealthy diets implicated with the increase of several non-communicable diseases (NCDs) require a food-based approach to reduce the ongoing rise. Traditional knowledge and science behind food-related health benefits became evident in the last three decades. Active ingredients, bioactive molecules and conventionally used herbs were clinically researched and proven to have beneficial outcomes. In the Indian scenario, the multiplicity of food products, including medicinal type formats, such as health supplements, containing plant, herbs or novel ingredients, brings in a new complexity to regulations. Several of these ingredients are pharmacologically active substances and could overlap with drug regulations. The data generated on the nutritional and health benefit of a supplement should be reproducible, outcomes measurable and disease risk reduction shown by well-designed research studies. Regulatory challenges occur at several levels, namely, harmonization of law, fair trade practice, population exposures to chemicals and contaminants, food borne illness, rise in NCD's, novel ingredients, new technologies and a legacy of regulatory practice. While regulatory and legal challenges will always exist, reliance on the role of scientific research in the regulatory context becomes significant.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-6886136
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2019
publisher Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-68861362019-12-09 The grand challenge of regulating health foods in India Boindala, Sesikeran Lewis, Joseph I. Indian J Med Res Review Article Food is the primary source of nutrients to keep us nourished and healthy. Poor and unhealthy diets implicated with the increase of several non-communicable diseases (NCDs) require a food-based approach to reduce the ongoing rise. Traditional knowledge and science behind food-related health benefits became evident in the last three decades. Active ingredients, bioactive molecules and conventionally used herbs were clinically researched and proven to have beneficial outcomes. In the Indian scenario, the multiplicity of food products, including medicinal type formats, such as health supplements, containing plant, herbs or novel ingredients, brings in a new complexity to regulations. Several of these ingredients are pharmacologically active substances and could overlap with drug regulations. The data generated on the nutritional and health benefit of a supplement should be reproducible, outcomes measurable and disease risk reduction shown by well-designed research studies. Regulatory challenges occur at several levels, namely, harmonization of law, fair trade practice, population exposures to chemicals and contaminants, food borne illness, rise in NCD's, novel ingredients, new technologies and a legacy of regulatory practice. While regulatory and legal challenges will always exist, reliance on the role of scientific research in the regulatory context becomes significant. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6886136/ /pubmed/31719295 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1719_18 Text en Copyright: © 2019 Indian Journal of Medical Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
spellingShingle Review Article
Boindala, Sesikeran
Lewis, Joseph I.
The grand challenge of regulating health foods in India
title The grand challenge of regulating health foods in India
title_full The grand challenge of regulating health foods in India
title_fullStr The grand challenge of regulating health foods in India
title_full_unstemmed The grand challenge of regulating health foods in India
title_short The grand challenge of regulating health foods in India
title_sort grand challenge of regulating health foods in india
topic Review Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6886136/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31719295
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1719_18
work_keys_str_mv AT boindalasesikeran thegrandchallengeofregulatinghealthfoodsinindia
AT lewisjosephi thegrandchallengeofregulatinghealthfoodsinindia
AT boindalasesikeran grandchallengeofregulatinghealthfoodsinindia
AT lewisjosephi grandchallengeofregulatinghealthfoodsinindia