What to Know About Medical Foods ?
What is a medical food product? I am starting this journey to “understanding medical food product” with a most commonly asked question. Well, we have already discussed the basic meaning of medical food above. Now, let’s just listen to what Orphan Drug Act by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has to say. As per the act “a food which is formulated to be consumed or administered enterally under the supervision of a physician and which is intended for the specific dietary management of a disease or condition for which distinctive nutritional requirements, based on recognized scientific principles, are established by medical evaluation”. If we break it down, medical food has three prime characteristics: It involves such foods that meet distinctive nutritional requirements of an illness which can’t be met by dietary supplements. For example, Lunglaid is a medical food that is given to patients suffering from chronic asthma. It should be consumed/admini...