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Assessment of Social Transmission of Food Preferences Behaviors
Published on: January 25, 2018
Food for thought
Martin Tulp1, Jan G Bruhn, Lars Bohlin
1Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Research Laboratories Weesp, Department of Intellectual Property and Scientific Information, C.J. van Houtenlaan 36, 1381 CP Weesp, The Netherlands. martin.tulp@solvay.com
Abstract:
Do certain kinds of food contain pharmacologically active substances in concentrations that are high enough to have druglike effects when consumed? Are biologically active compounds in food indicative of therapeutic value? Is traditional drug development suitable for testing the merits of food? Is it ethical to test food as a drug on patients? Will dietary disease management remain a pipedream? Is it a fact or fantasy that the Mediterranean diet is beneficial to health? Is a vegetarian diet an elimination therapy, or one of supplementation? What can be learned from animals? Are humans losing the capability of listening to their bodies? In this review, we will address these questions--providing food for thought.
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