Plant phytochemicals like sulforaphane, resveratrol, pterostilbene, and curcumin activate stress response genes similar to those activated by physical activity or heat stress.

“The other example is these plant phytochemicals, so these are compounds that are found in a variety of plants, sulforaphane being one in cruciferous plants. There's the resveratrol is probably a very well-known one that's found in the skin of some fruits like grapes and blueberries, pterostilbene, another one found in the skin of blueberries. There's the turmeric, the curcumin found in that, and so these are all phytochemicals that also activate stress response genes. They also activate genes that are active from things like physical activity or heat stress, like heat shock proteins.”