A functional and Nutraceutical Food Research Section has been established at National Institute of Food Science and Technology (NIFST), UAF under Pak-US joint project aiming at exploring the food bioactive molecules from indigenous sources and determine their beneficial effects on the human body and to further gear up the research in the new concept of "Designer Foods" in which healthy functional and nutraceutical ingredients are incorporated to attenuate various lifestyle related disorders.
Professor Dr Masood Sadiq Butt who is leading this project as Principal Investigator has appreciated the role of HEC for financial assistance. Dr Butt said that his research team is involved in exploring and evaluating the beneficial effects of the food components against different lifestyle related disorders like hyperglycemia and hypercholesterolemia.