Quiz-4 Nutraceutical and Functional Food

Functional Food is a food that provide the basic nutrition to human.

• True

• False

Dietary fiber is a type of nutraceutical.

• True

• False

Soy contains phytoestrogens and thus is considered as a functional food.

• True

• False

Probiotics can help to regulate the microbial balance in gastrointestinal tract.

• True

• False

Nutrients can affect gene expression because the nutrient act as the transcription factor.

• True

• False

Increased in demand for nutraceutical and functional food is due to high ageing population.

• True

• False

Theaflavins in black tea can regulate the genes related to HDL production, apolipoprotein A-1.

• True

• False