The 4-Hour Body - An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman - Timothy Ferriss
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Food is complex and humans are overconfident.
Consider the antioxidants we've identi ed thus far in garden-variety thyme, as listed by
Michael Pollan in a New York Times Magazine article:
4-Terpineol, alanine, anethole, apigenin, ascorbic acid, beta carotene, ca eic acid,
camphene, carvacrol, chlorogenic acid, chrysoeriol, eriodictyol, eugenol, ferulic acid, gallic
acid, gamma-terpinene isochlorogenic acid, isoeugenol, isothymonin, kaempferol, labiatic
acid, lauric acid, linalyl acetate, luteolin, methionine, myrcene, myristic acid, naringenin,
acid, lauric acid, linalyl acetate, luteolin, methionine, myrcene, myristic acid, naringenin,
oleanolic acid, p-coumoric acid, p-hydroxy-benzoic acid, palmitic acid, rosmarinic acid,
selenium, tannin, thymol, tryptophan, ursolic acid, vanillic acid.
And that's just thyme.
So we must have it all gured out, right? My vote: not a chance. Pollan o ered the list to
make the same point: