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phytochemicals may help us by stressing us mildly      web

webhttps://getpocket.com/explore/item/fruits-and-vegetables-are-trying-to-kill-you?utm_source=pocket-newtab
authorMoises Velasquez-Manoff
publicationNautilus
date2014-07-17

The idea is that we do NOT exploit toxic plant defense chemicals by directing those chemicals at what attacks us. Instead, those chemicals attack us as well, and stimulate the production of our own antioxidants, while the antioxidants in pills or even in plant foods do not hit the spot.

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