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- noun Plural form of
nutraceutical .
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Examples
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These additives are often called nutraceuticals, broadly defined as ingredients that are derived from food, and that offer health benefits associated with that food.
Alanat News 2008
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Now scientists have teamed up with pharmacists to create "nutraceuticals" -- food and other edibles that provide healthful benefits beyond just vitamin and mineral supplements.
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These days, both are hailed as superpowered disease-fighting "nutraceuticals" - part nutrient, part pharmaceutical.
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These additives, called nutraceuticals, have been rising in popularity for the past decade and are now sold on the UF campus.
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"nutraceuticals" - the term given to food products that have health and medical benefits.
News-Gazette.com e.p. 2010
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In just the past several weeks, many high profile consumer products companies have announced sustainability focused initiatives: Nestle's creation of a new business unit focused on "nutraceuticals," the combination of food and medicine; Best Buy's investment in pioneering home energy management systems; and Nike's making public its environmental apparel design tool, so that peers -- and competitors -- can use it.
Aron Cramer: A Stakeholder Approach to Managing Global Risk Aron Cramer 2010
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In just the past several weeks, many high profile consumer products companies have announced sustainability focused initiatives: Nestle's creation of a new business unit focused on "nutraceuticals," the combination of food and medicine; Best Buy's investment in pioneering home energy management systems; and Nike's making public its environmental apparel design tool, so that peers--and competitors--can use it.
Aron Cramer: A Stakeholder Approach to Managing Global Risk Aron Cramer 2010
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Don't get me wrong, I do believe there are some reasonable purchases of "nutraceuticals" but the great majority of what my patients purchase are snake oil.
No Perfect Health Care System, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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I've seen some of the gynecologists in my area doing stuff like this recently; tapping the vast market for weight loss services by purchasing products usually vitamins and/or "nutraceuticals" and services from third-party companies and then re-selling them to their patients, sometimes along with office visit charges for their services.
Help: Ethical Dilemma in Real Time 1 Dinosaur 2007
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I've seen some of the gynecologists in my area doing stuff like this recently; tapping the vast market for weight loss services by purchasing products usually vitamins and/or "nutraceuticals" and services from third-party companies and then re-selling them to their patients, sometimes along with office visit charges for their services.
Archive 2007-05-01 1 Dinosaur 2007
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