From earliest time people have been aware that some plants are poisonous and should be avoided as food. Other plants contain chemicals that have medicinal, stimulatory, hallucinatory, or narcotic effects. In the past 50 years, great strides have been made in understanding nutrition and the role it plays in human health. Federal agencies, such as the Food and Drug Administration, Department of Agriculture, and Enviromental Protection Agency, as well as many state and local agencies, are …showed first 75 words of 835 total…

…showed last 75 words of 835 total…specific natural chemicals in food. More naturally occurring chemicals should be tested on and individual basis for their ability to cause cancer. Only of a small fraction of the perhaps one million food chemicals that occur naturally have been tested so far, and some even have been shown to help prevent cancer. Consume as little prepared food and as much fruits and some fresh raw animal food regularly (like sashimi or fresh raw egg yolk).