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    Nutraceuticals and Preventive Health: Rethinking Wellness for the 21st Century
    (Book Rivers, 2026) Ambareen Fatima Ahmed
    The 21st century has witnessed an unprecedented global surge in chronic non-communicable diseases. This epidemiological shift necessitates a transition from reactive clinical treatment to proactive preventive healthcare models. This chapter examines the role of nutraceuticals, functional foods, and dietary supplements in disease prevention, healthy ageing, and holistic wellness. Drawing upon recent interdisciplinary literature, the text explores how specific bioactive compounds modulate physiological mechanisms to mitigate cardiovascular, metabolic, and neurodegenerative risks. The chapter contextualises these nutritional interventions within public health promotion, emphasising the crucial need for improved nutrition literacy and the integration of preventive strategies into community care frameworks. Ethical complexities, including global regulatory gaps, commercial misinformation, and socioeconomic accessibility, undergo key analysis points. Finally, the chapter highlights emerging patterns, particularly artificial intelligence- driven personalised nutrition and precision wellness.
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    Synergism in Nutraceutical Formulations
    (Springer nature, 2025) Mohd Aftab Siddiqui; Mrunalini Gobinath, Sagarika Mukherjee, Rania I. M. Almoselhy, Afreen Usmani, Rajakumari Rajendran, Sabu Thomas, and Manisha Bihan
    Nutraceuticals are bioactive compounds or functional foods consumed to sustain nutrition and support disease prevention. Derived from nutrition and pharmaceuticals, the concept merges food science with therapeutic potential. Synergism in nutraceutical formulations arises when two or more bioactive agents interact to produce enhanced pharmacological or physiological outcomes that surpass the sum of their individual effects. This principle addresses key challenges of monotherapy: poor bioavailability, limited target specificity, and rapid metabolic degradation by enabling multicomponent, mechanistically complementary formulations. Recent innovations such as nano-encapsulation and codelivery systems further enhance absorption, stability, and efficacy of synergistic blends. This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of molecular and formulation-based synergism in nutraceuticals, focusing on mechanistic interactions, formulation challenges, and future directions toward supernutraceuticals that integrate advanced bioengineering and traditional dietary wisdom.