▁health ▁claim . ▁In ▁those ▁situations ▁the ▁F DA ▁also ▁st ip ul ates ▁the ▁exact ▁word ing ▁allowed . ▁ ▁Function al ▁food s ▁ ▁Function al ▁food s ▁are ▁fort ified ▁or ▁en rich ed ▁during ▁processing ▁and ▁then ▁market ed ▁as ▁providing ▁some ▁benefit ▁to ▁consum ers . ▁Sometimes , ▁additional ▁complement ary ▁nut ri ents ▁are ▁added , ▁such ▁as ▁vit amin ▁D ▁to ▁milk . ▁ ▁Health ▁Canada ▁defines ▁functional ▁food s ▁as ▁“ ordinary ▁food ▁that ▁has ▁components ▁or ▁ing red ients ▁added ▁to ▁give ▁it ▁a ▁specific ▁medical ▁or ▁phys i ological ▁benefit , ▁other ▁than ▁a ▁purely ▁nut r itional ▁effect .” ▁In ▁Japan , ▁all ▁functional ▁food s ▁must ▁meet ▁three ▁established ▁requirements : ▁food s ▁should ▁be ▁( 1 ) ▁present ▁in ▁their ▁naturally ▁occurr ing ▁form , ▁rather ▁than ▁a ▁caps ule , ▁table t , ▁or ▁pow der ; ▁( 2 ) ▁consum ed ▁in ▁the ▁di et ▁as ▁often ▁as ▁daily ; ▁and ▁( 3 ) ▁should ▁reg ulate ▁a ▁bi ological ▁process ▁in ▁hopes ▁of ▁prevent ing ▁or ▁cont rolling ▁disease . ▁ ▁History ▁The ▁word ▁" nut race ut ical " ▁is ▁a ▁port man te au ▁of ▁the ▁words ▁" nut r ition " ▁and ▁" ph arma ce ut ical ", ▁co ined ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁by ▁Stephen ▁L . ▁De F el ice , ▁founder ▁and ▁chairman ▁of ▁the ▁Foundation ▁of ▁In nov ation ▁Medicine . ▁Indians , ▁Egypt ians , ▁Chinese