article · BioMed Research International
Fish-based diets offer distinct nutritional and health benefits driven by valuable bioactive molecules and therapeutic compounds. Growing evidence highlights the potential of fish-derived nutrients, such as high-quality proteins, omega-3 fatty acids, and antioxidants, to serve as ingredients in functional foods. These substances play a meaningful role in addressing widespread non-communicable health conditions, including cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, hypertension, and obesity. In addition, fish nutrients support immune system performance and contribute positively to mental health outcomes. Harnessing the complex compositional attributes of fish provides avenues for designing functional food products targeted at widespread ailments. Understanding the full spectrum of these compounds helps establish their nutraceutical merits and promotes strategic incorporation into human diets to improve global health and wellbeing.
Global health burdens like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and hypertension continue to challenge communities worldwide. Fish offers a rich source of protective compounds that can be developed into functional foods. Clarifying the health benefits of fish-derived proteins, fatty acids, and antioxidants helps researchers and health advocates address chronic illnesses and immune health through improved nutrition.
The work points towards applications in the functional food and nutraceutical sectors, enabling companies to formulate foods targeting hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular health using fish proteins and omega-3 fatty acids. Potential end users include food processors and dietary supplement manufacturers. Because the abstract outlines a broad review of existing evidence rather than experimental product development, the concepts sit at an early research stage of commercial readiness.
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Global public awareness about fish-based diet and its health/nutritional benefits is on the rise. Fish nutritional profile projects promising bioactive and other compounds with innumerable health benefits for human wellbeing. As various reported researches involving fish/marine-derived molecules reveal promising attributes, and as the position of fish-based nutrients as nutraceuticals continue to strengthen, health challenges still confront communities worldwide, from cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity to hypertension. Thus, further understanding of fish-based nutrient impact as functional foods remains crucial given the diverse prevailing compositional/nutraceutical merits. In this review, therefore, we provide important information regarding bioactive compounds and therapeutics obtained from fish, specific to the context of their suitability in functional foods to enhance human health. This contribution is hereby constructed as follows: (a) fish nutraceutical/therapeutic components, (b) constituents of fish-based nutrients and their suitability in functional foods, (c) fish antioxidant/bioactive compounds to help alleviate health conditions, (d) common human ailments alleviated by fish-based nutrients, and (e) role of fish in mental health and immune system. As increased fish consumption should be encouraged, the potential of the quality proteins, omega-3 fatty acids, and other compounds inherent in fish should steadily be harnessed.
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DOI: 10.1155/2022/3661866
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