Dahl, Wendy J.

<p>The UF/IFAS Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition is among one of the world's largest combined programs in which food science, nutritional sciences, and dietetics are studied within one academic department. For more information, see <a href="http://fshn.ifas.ufl.edu">http://fshn.ifas.ufl.edu</a>.</p>
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Food Science and Human Nutrition

PhD student, Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611. Awarded <a href="http://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/news/2015/01/28/cals-doctoral-student-earns-25000-fellowship-from-dannon-yogurt/">Dannon Yogurt and Probiotics Fellowship</a>.

Ford, Amanda L

A functional food is commonly defined as a food that provides benefits beyond the basic nutrition provided by that food. The additional benefit is due to a component in the food item that offers physical or biological benefits.

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<img src="http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/images/topics/food_and_drugs.jpg" align="right" width="100px" alt="Woman giving man his medication. Credit:Jupiterimages" />Foods, and the nutrients they contain, can interact with medications we take. This can cause unwanted effects. A food/drug interaction occurs when a food, or one of its components, interferes with the way a drug is used in the body. A drug/nutrient interaction occurs when a drug affects the use of a nutrient in the body.

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