Dietetics and Nutraceuticals

Overview

Dietetics and nutraceuticals are complementary areas within nutrition science focused on improving health through diet and bioactive food components. Dietetics is the science and practice of applying nutrition knowledge to plan and manage food intake, translating evidence on nutrient metabolism and dietary needs into practical guidance for promoting health and managing disease. Nutraceuticals are foods or food-derived products, including isolated nutrients, dietary supplements, herbal products, and functional foods, that are claimed to provide health or medical benefits beyond basic nutrition, such as supporting immune function, metabolic health, or disease prevention. Together these fields examine how specific nutrients, dietary patterns, and bioactive compounds influence the body and how they can be used to support wellbeing. Research in this domain investigates the physiological effects of foods and their constituents and how dietary approaches affect health outcomes. The journal publishes research across nutrition science, including studies of how particular foods and dietary components interact with the body's systems, such as the effects of dietary intake on immune responses. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to dietetics, nutraceuticals, and the role of nutrition and bioactive food components in health.

Research published in this journal

1 peer-reviewed article, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

This page summarises published research for orientation; it is not medical or professional advice.

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