Bast Aalt, Semen Khrystyna O
University College Venlo, Maastricht University, Venlo, Netherlands.
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Front Nutr. 2024 Jan 5;10:1301757. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1301757. eCollection 2023.
People's perception on what is healthy and what is toxic food, determines food preferences and eating behavior. The difference between heathy and toxic food and food ingredients is however not always clear. This is illustrated with 10 examples. Unjustly, all-natural food is regarded as safe. Regulation on health claims on food and food risks is not balanced. Biphasic responses of the physiological effect of food ingredients show that mild toxicity of these substances results in health promotion. Nutritional substances with drugs may have either a negative or a positive effect on health. New toxicological methodologies can be brought into play, to better understand the dynamics of health and disease. Unfortunately, we still cannot taste toxicity.
人们对什么是健康食品和什么是有毒食品的认知,决定了食物偏好和饮食行为。然而,健康食品与有毒食品及食品成分之间的区别并不总是清晰的。以下用10个例子来说明。天然食品被无端视为安全的。食品健康声明和食品风险的监管并不平衡。食品成分生理效应的双相反应表明,这些物质的轻微毒性会促进健康。含药物的营养物质可能对健康产生负面影响或正面影响。可以采用新的毒理学方法,以更好地理解健康与疾病的动态变化。遗憾的是,我们仍然无法尝出毒性。