Rhonda Patrick· PhD
the other plant hormetic compound present in parsley and in celery is apigenin and is also a flavonoid apigenin has been shown to cause neural stem cells to form new neurons and also strengthen the connection between neurons which is an important function for learning in memory well I'd settle for some of those positive brain benefits Epogen and has also been shown to kill cancer cells let's talk about the blueberries well the parsley in the celery were not included in my last smoothie recipe the blueberries were included and blueberries are a cornucopia of plant hormone compounds most people think the antioxidants in the blueberries are responsible for a lot of the beneficial effects I think there may be something more to the blueberries that are really important anthocyanins are very high in blueberries and are a very important plant rheumatic compound probably one of the studies that put blueberries on the map was the study where mice were genetically engineered to get alzheimer's disease and were given blueberry extract the blueberry extract prevented these animals from getting the cognitive and behavioral deficits that normally occur in these mice that are genetically engineered to get Alzheimer's disease