Functional Foods: Definition, Examples and Benefits
Plant-Based Diet
English - January 10, 2021 14:50 - 47 minutes - 110 MB - ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsAlternative Health Health & Fitness Arts Food Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
People are increasingly looking to be proactive in supporting their health and are seeking functional foods. But what are functional foods exactly? In this episode, founder and CEO of functional food brand JOYA, Ruth Elnekave, along with Kate Taylor Martin, owner of superfood café nutbar, provide their insights on this rising product category.
In this episode you’ll hear:
2:00 - Kate’s journey to opening superfood café nutbar
6:30 - Ruth’s path to founding functional food brand JOYA
10:45 - What are functional foods?
12:45 - Functional foods you already have at home
14:45 - Medicinal mushrooms
16:30 - Matcha
17:00 - Fermented foods
17:50 - Can collagen be vegan?
19:00 - Are functional foods expensive?
26:20 - Misleading information about functional foods
32:00 - What are adaptogens?
36:30 - Is chocolate a functional food?
44:45 – Ruth and Kate’s top 3 functional foods