On 07/22/2013 08:38 AM, Billy wrote:
> In article >, Todd >
> wrote:
>
>> On 07/21/2013 12:50 PM, Billy wrote:
>>>> also
>>>>> called "traditional medicine", >
>>> or nutraceuticals
>>>
>>
>> My understanding of "nutraceuticals" is that they are
>> refined natural products and not the unrefined stuff
>> that herbalists usually use. Herbalists use both.
>>
>> This is why I like the phrase "Traditional Medicine".
>> It does not limit, vitamins, herbs, nutraceuticals,
>> etc..
>>
>> Some nutraceuticals get a little too close to
>> pharmaceuticals, which can give anaphylactic shock.
>>
>> I could be wrong now. (I am sure I will be told so,
>> if I am. Which is okay, as long as you are nice about
>> it)
>>
>> -T
>
> Dictionary
> nutraceutical
> noun
> a food containing health-giving additives and having medicinal benefit.
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>
> Wikipeda
> Nutraceutical, a portmanteau of the words ³nutrition² and
> ³pharmaceutical² and was coined by Dr. Stephen L. DeFelice, founder and
> chairman of the Foundation of Innovation Medicine (FIM), Crawford, New
> Jersey.[1] The term is applied to products that range from isolated
> nutrients, dietary supplements and herbal products, specific diets,
> genetically modified food, and processed foods such as cereals, soups,
> and beverages.
>
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>
> I used the word nutraceutical in the dictionary sense, since this a.f.d.
> is food group.
>

Thank you for the update!