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Plenty of naturally-occurring compounds found in various plants and animals are toxic for humans to consume. To say that naturally-occurring foods are inherentl
by BHSPitMonkey 9y ago
Plenty of naturally-occurring compounds found in various plants and animals are toxic for humans to consume. To say that naturally-occurring foods are inherently better for us to eat requires an awful lot of cherry-picking (no pun intended).
- hammock 9y agoRight, and we don't eat them....what's your point
- lambdadmitry 9y agoWe do. The most obvious example is read meat (which is now officially designated cancerogene), a bit less obvious is various "natural" herbal medications that induce renal failure [1] and cancer [2]. People consumed those substances for centuries, only to find out recently that they are harmful. [1]: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/crim/2015/150204/ https://www.hindawi.com/journals/crim/2015/150204/ [2]: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/1343598/Chinese-herb-remedy-linked-with-cancer-of-the-kidneys.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/1343598/Chinese-herb-...