Chemicals and Health – Thought for Food

Chemicals and Health – Thought for Food

In our contribution we concisely question and answer some basic notions on food, health, and safety. We show that for some food components such as flavonoids, a whole range of small toxicological effects that have been uncovered the last decade on the whole confer benefits to human health. This deve...

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Published in:Dose-response Vol. 11; no. 3; pp. 295 - 300
Main Authors: Bast, Aalt, Hanekamp, Jaap C.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01-07-2013
International Hormesis Society
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Summary:In our contribution we concisely question and answer some basic notions on food, health, and safety. We show that for some food components such as flavonoids, a whole range of small toxicological effects that have been uncovered the last decade on the whole confer benefits to human health. This development underlines the notion that health is adaptation with respect to the exposures humans experience when consuming food.
ISSN:1559-3258
1559-3258
DOI:10.2203/dose-response.12-031.Hanekamp