Food toxicity and cumulative poisoning- A review
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Food safety, Toxicology, Cumulative poison, Dushi VishaAbstract
Food is a nourishing substance that is eaten or otherwise taken into the body to sustain life,provide energy or promote growth. Unsafe food containing harmful bacteria, viruses,parasites or chemical substances, causes more than 200 diseases- ranging from diarrhoea to cancers. Food safety, nutrition and food security are inextricably linked. According to Ayurveda Ahara(Food) comes under Trayopasthamba(3 pillars of life). But at the current scenario until and unless we farm our own food materials, everything available in market is having some kind of preservatives, genetically modified or chemicals added, and this may be one the major cause of increase in the prevalence of the diseases which is known to be of unknown origin such as cancer, diabetes etc., Hence food safety and toxicology is of great concern on the global terms due to unfair trade practices in quality and quantity. This can be correlated to a beautiful concept explained in ayurveda i.e Dushi Visha (cumulative poisoning). Therefore an attempt through this article is made to understand how the food that we consume regularly can act as a Cumulative poison.
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