Foods that contain physiologically active food components are called
a. probiotics.
b. functional foods.
c. dietary supplements.
d. complementary foods.
B
Functional foods contain physiologically active food components. Probiotics contain live micro-organisms thought to be beneficial to the body. Dietary supplements contain natural or synthetic nutrients in an isolated form. "Complementary" is used to describe nontraditional therapies used alongside conventional treatments, rather than to describe foods.
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