Particularly, beets have been shown to improve blood flow to the frontal lobe of the brain, an area associated with higher level thinking like decision making and working memory
The body naturally produces glutathione, but research suggests that levels may decline with age and may also be influenced by factors such as diet, lifestyle, stress, and environmental exposures
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Both NAPQI and ROS cause mitochondrial DNA damage, activation of the JNK signaling pathway, which further amplifies the mitochondrial ROS production, and causes the mitochondrial permeability transition (MPT) pore to open (Iorga et al., 2017)
It plays a central role in maintaining cellular function