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“In the second part, half of the participants were asked to write about a time they visited a museum (a neutral exposure), while the other half were asked to write about an event that made them angry (an anger exposure).”

“Depression, often referred to as major depressive disorder in the clinical or research setting, is characterized by profound sadness, fatigue, altered sleep and appetite, and feelings of guilt or low self-worth.”

“Each person needs to assess their flexibility needs to fit their lifestyle. Resistance training is an active form of flexibility training delivering similar benefits to static stretching, provided you're training through a full range of motion.”

“More importantly, however, these effects were sustained – even after several months – demonstrating that sulforaphane did not exhaust the body's capacity to protect itself from environmental threats and suggesting that regular consumption of sulforaphane in foods or dietary supplements provides a kind of nutritional "seatbelt" that protects against future toxic exposures.”

“The randomized, controlled, exercise intervention involved 23 cognitively normal, sedentary adults between the ages of 45 and 80 years old who had a family history or genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease.”

“At the end of the study, the participants who adhered to the Mediterranean diet showed reductions in biomarkers associated with inflammation (such as C-reactive protein and interleukin 17) and improvements in frailty-associated measures (such as handgrip strength, gait speed time, and cognitive function).”

“Results of a chemical screen indicated that celastrol, a plant-based compound commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine, activated Nrf2 signaling, which in turn induced the activity of Nrf2 target genes, including glutathione.”

“Many factors can activate mitochondrial biogenesis including exercise, hyperthermia, and others. The study involved nine healthy young men (average age, 35 years) who underwent two 60-minute sessions of passive heat treatment, separated by one week.”

“Findings from a new study suggest that N-acetylglucosamine, a sugar present in breast milk and widely available as a dietary supplement, promotes remyelination in people who have multiple sclerosis.”

“The authors of the study suggested that the improvements they observed in the patients' olfactory function were due to omega-3 fatty acids' neuroprotective effects as well as their capacity to promote synaptic plasticity and neurotransmitter function.”