In todays society “health care” has come to a basic understanding of having “a pill for every ill” & “pharmaceuticals” are promoted as our only option to treat, mitigate, or prevent diseases. The concept that nature imparted to foods a preventive, health-giving & curative function is not new but certainly faded and forgotten over the years due to empowering marketing of money making pharmaceuticals.
This group is meant to revive that forgotten knowledge, learn together to re-establish trust in “Nutraceuticals” aka “ Functional Foods” … not as tell tale folk remedies but in the proper light of available modern medical research and personal/anecdotal experiences (aka one man’s clinical trial ) both being an important part of evidence based medicine (EBM). In simplest words, this group is about learning the nutritional & healing properties of every day foods and developing knowledge how to use them with proper medical guidance rather than discarding the true wisdom of ages as mere home remedies.
PS: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics defines a “functional food” as: a food that provides additional health benefits that may reduce disease risk and/or promote good health.