Trace Toxins: The Key Component of a Healthful Diet

Autor: Jonathan Stone, Rebecca Mason, John Mitrofanis, Daniel M. Johnstone
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Dose-Response, Vol 22 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1559-3258
15593258
DOI: 10.1177/15593258241271692
Popis: Although it is well established that a vegetable-rich (Mediterranean) diet is associated with health benefits in later life, the mechanisms and biological origins of this benefit are not well established. This review seeks to identify the components a healthful diet that reduce the individual’s suffering from non-communicable disease and extend longevity. We note the difference between the claims made for an essential diet (that prevents deficiency syndromes) and those argued for a diet that also prevents or delays non-communicable diseases and ask: what chemicals in our food induce this added resilience, which is effective against cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases, diabetes and even cancer? Working in the framework of acquired resilience (tissue resilience induced by a range of stresses), we arguethat the toxins evolved by plants as part of allelopathy (the competition between plant species) are key in making the ‘healthful difference’. We further suggest the recognition of a category of micronutrients additional to the established ‘micro’ categories of vitamins and trace elements and suggest also that the new category be called ‘trace toxins’. Implications of these suggestions are discussed.
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