The Functional Food Laboratory is dedicated to the rigorous scientific evaluation of food ingredients and generating evidence-based insights that advance health functional food regulation. 

Our research integrates multi-level experimental approaches with clinical and regulatory perspectives, establishing a translational pipeline from bench to policy. 

🔹 Experimental Research – Precision Nutrition

Quantitative Health Profiling: Applying Health Space and PhenFlex assessments to capture dynamic health states beyond the simple dichotomy of "healthy" versus "diseased." 

Human Intervention Studies: Evaluating how dietary components contribute to health maintenance and optimization through controlled interventions and biomarker profiling. 

Functional Ingredient Discovery: Identifying, validating, and mechanistically characterizing novel food ingredients using in vitro cellular models and in vivo experimental systems. 

Key Research Areas:

- Gut microbiome modulation and intestinal barrier function

- Cellular senescence pathways and healthy aging

- Inflammatory signaling and immune regulation

- Metabolic resilience and energy metabolism

🔹 Regulatory Science

Policy-Oriented Research: Enhancing standards and regulations for health functional foods through comparative analyses of international regulatory frameworks. 

Evidence Synthesis: Conducting systematic reviews and meta-analyses to provide robust scientific evidence supporting health claims and regulatory decisions. 

🔹 Our Mission

Through integrative research spanning molecular mechanisms to regulatory policy, the Functional Food Laboratory advances the scientific foundation of functional foods and contributes to evidence-based nutritional health systems worldwide.