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| Subject: What you're not told about 'secretly healthy' foods Fri May 17, 2019 7:23 pm | |
| Food gives us the nutrients we need to survive, and we know a balanced diet contributes to good health.
Beyond this, many people seek out different foods as “medicines”, hoping eating certain things might prevent or treat particular conditions.
It’s true many foods contain “bioactive compounds” – chemicals that act in the body in ways that might promote good health. These are being studied in the prevention of cancer, heart disease and other conditions.
But the idea of food as medicine, although attractive, is easily oversold in the headlines. Stories tend to be based on studies done in the lab, testing concentrated extracts from foods. The effect seen in real people eating the actual food is going to be different to the effects in a petri dish.
https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellness/what-you-re-not-told-about-secretly-healthy-foods-20190516-p51nxb.html |
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