Anti-stress effects of polyphenols: Animal models and human trials

It has been demonstrated that mental stress can cause cardiovascular events, perhaps because it has a deleterious effect on vascular function. Human endothelial function and blood pressure (BP) are improved by flavanols, plant-derived polyphenolic chemicals; nevertheless, it is unknown how these substances behave under stress. In this randomized, controlled, double-blind, cross-over study by Baynham et […]

Depression is a critical mental health disorder that has a chronic course, and is prone to deterioration if treatment is not administered promptly. Recent literature demonstrated the relationship between the gut microbiome and the brain through the microbiome-gut-brain axis. In this study by Park et al. (2020), the authors investigated the results of flavonoid consumption […]