Microencapsulation of extracts from gingko leaves can be used as a function food additive to solve some problems such as undissolved property in water and the bitterness of gingko flavonoids.

为使银杏叶提取物能在食品领域得到充分有价值的应用，探索采用微胶囊技术来解决银杏类黄酮难溶于水及强烈苦味的问题。

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At present, tomato is acted as bio-reactor in order to manufacture plant vaccine, gene engineer pharmaceutical and function food which is becoming a hot question in the study of tomato gene engineer.

目前，利用番茄作为生物反应器生产植物疫苗、基因工程药物和功能食品的研究正成为番茄基因工程研究的一个热点。

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Function food is a sort of special food between food and medicine, which has one or more special functions for specific people, but not cure disease.

保健食品是介于食品和药品之间的一类特殊产品，具有特定的保健功能，适宜于特定人群使用，但又不以治疗疾病为目的的食品。

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The minerals are present in small amounts in food and as a function of body weight as well.

矿物质,在食物中所占比例非常小,在体重中所占比例也非常小

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And so the food is a broader constituent of what we consume; the nutrient will be the pieces of the food that affect bodily function.

所以食物的概念要比吃的东西更加广泛,食物中的营养素影响着我们的人体机能

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A nutrient is considered a substance within the food, that's when it digests it, absorbs, promotes some bodily function, so that it has some metabolic health value when people consume it.

营养素是包含在食物中的物质,由人体消化,吸收,推动身体机能,食品必须具有值得人类去代谢的健康价值

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The real problem is that the human body is not designed to function optimally in an environment where food is so plentiful.

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That in turn increases both the amount of fluid and the movement of food in the intestine, helping it function better.

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But the Food and Drug Administration does not prospectively review food claims because American law says that foods are allowed to affect the "structure and function" of the body, so long as they do not actually claim to treat disease.

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