ABSTRACT
About 2000 years ago, Hippocrates correctly stated: “Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food” (1). Currently, there is increased global interest due to the recognition that “nutraceuticals” play a major role in health enhancement. The term “nutraceutical” was coined by combining the terms “nutrition” and “pharmaceutical” and was originally defined by Dr. Stephen L. De Felice, founder and chairperson of the Foundation of Innovation Medicine (2). Nutraceuticals have potential nutritional and therapeutic effects, and are easily accessed, cost-effective, and tolerable, with a wide margin of safety (3).
