Food, or parts of food, that provide medical or health benefits, including the prevention and treatment of disease(Dr. Stephen DeFelice, Foundation for Innovation in Medicine). READ MORE http://www.clemson.edu/NNC/what_are_nutra.html
The term nutraceutical(s) was coined from nutrition and pharmaceutical in 1989 by Stephen DeFelice, MD, founder and chairman of the Foundation for Innovation in Medicine (FIM). According to DeFelice, READ MORE http://www.aapsj.org/view.asp...
Nutraceutical(s), a portmanteau of nutrition and pharmaceutical(s), refers to vitamins and extracts of foods claimed to have a medicinal effect on human health. Traditionally the nutraceutical was con READ MORE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutraceutical