Small doses of poison are medicine: the hormesis principle

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Hormesis is the biological principle that low doses of stressors which would be toxic or lethal at high doses can actually improve health, stress tolerance, muscle growth, and longevity. The key conditions are biphasic dosage response and a stress mild enough to allow short recovery back to homeostasis.

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