Xenohormese Plantas Fortalecem Células com Estresse #antiaging #longevidade #sinclair #saude

Added: 2026-05-04

[00:00:00]When we eat these stress plants, those same compounds actually help our own cells become stronger. It is like the plant's stress response becomes our strength. Pretty clever, right? Well, the xenohormesis concept, [music] Conrad Howitz and I coined this term in the mid-2000s trying to explain why so many plant molecules are good for us. It just cannot be a coincidence, and there were at least 20 plant molecules called polyphenols that activate the sirtuin enzyme called sirtuin 1. And when I looked into it, these polyphenols do remarkable things to the body. His discoveries about how these polyphenol work in our bodies are absolutely mind-blowing. The one that got the most media attention because it's in red wine is resveratrol, but there's pterostilbene and there's [music] fisetin and quercetin. These are supplements that people are getting excited about only now, but when you look into it, they activate and inhibit pathways of proteins in the body that are known to be important for health and longevity. How can you tell if a plant has been stressed? What