title: Chemicals and health - thought for food.
abstract: 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.
authors: Professor of Human Toxicology, Department of Toxicology, Maastricht University.
authors: Aalt
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authors: Bast
authors: Jaap C
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authors: Hanekamp
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