Kale supplementation increased heat shock proteins, lowered oxidative damage, and suppressed cognitive decline by improving spatial & learning/memory
Kale supplementation increased heat shock proteins, lowered oxidative damage, and suppressed cognitive decline by improving spatial and learning memory in mice with a premature aging phenotype.
I’ve talked quite a bit about heat shock proteins which are robustly activated by heat stress (ie. sauna, exercise, hot bath etc.). They are molecular chaperones that play a critical role in preventing protein aggregation, damaged proteins, and the suppression of neuronal cell death. They have also shown to be protective against neurodegenerative diseases.
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The compound found in kale responsible for increasing heat shock protein 70 is called t 1-sinapoyl-2-feruloyl gentiobiose and is also found in broccoli.