Strawberries
The richest known dietary source of fisetin, a potent senolytic flavonoid. Shown in RCTs to improve cognition, cholesterol, inflammation, and osteoarthritis.
Active Compounds
Bioactive compounds found in Strawberries, based on research from longevity science.
- Fisetin
Strawberries are the richest known dietary source of fisetin.
Source: How Not to Age
- Vitamin C
Strawberries are high in vitamin C and contain heart-healthy and cancer-fighting polyphenols
Source: The Young Forever Cookbook
- Polyphenols
heart-healthy and cancer-fighting polyphenols
Source: The Young Forever Cookbook
- Potassium
They also contain potassium, which can help maintain good blood pressure
Source: The Young Forever Cookbook
Health Benefits
Health conditions and aging processes that Strawberries may influence, based on the source research.
Improves
- Cognitive decline
RCTs show strawberries improve cognition.
Source: How Not to Age
- Osteoarthritis
Source: How Not to Age
- High cholesterol
Source: How Not to Age
- Knee Osteoarthritisequivalent of 1.5 pints daily (as freeze-dried powder)
Equivalent of 1.5 pints daily for 12 weeks: inflammatory markers plummeted, significant reductions in constant, intermittent, and total pain vs placebo
Source: How Not to Age
- Type 2 diabetes
Freeze-dried strawberry supplementation reduces metabolic biomarkers of atherosclerosis in type 2 diabetes subjects
Source: How Not to Age
Protects Against
- Esophageal Cancerequivalent of about 1 pound of fresh strawberries daily for 6 months
80 percent of patients with precancerous esophageal lesions saw disease reversed on high-dose freeze-dried strawberry treatment; half became disease-free.; 80% of patients with precancerous esophageal lesions saw their disease reverse with freeze-dried strawberries; half walked away disease-free.
Source: How Not to Die
- Osteoarthritis
Strawberries improve pain and inflammation in obese adults with radiographic evidence of knee osteoarthritis (Schell et al. 2017)
Source: Nutrition, Food and Diet in Ageing and Longevity
Biological Mechanisms
How Strawberries works at a cellular level.
- PromotesReduces inflammation
Dosage Recommendations
Specific amounts mentioned in the research literature.
- equivalent of 1.5 pints daily (as freeze-dried powder)for Knee Osteoarthritis
Equivalent of 1.5 pints daily for 12 weeks: inflammatory markers plummeted, significant reductions in constant, intermittent, and total pain vs placebo
Source: How Not to Age
- equivalent of about 1 pound of fresh strawberries daily for 6 monthsfor Esophageal Cancer
80 percent of patients with precancerous esophageal lesions saw disease reversed on high-dose freeze-dried strawberry treatment; half became disease-free.; 80% of patients with precancerous esophageal lesions saw their disease reverse with freeze-dried strawberries; half walked away disease-free.
Source: How Not to Die
Recipes with Strawberries
Sources
- How Not to Age
- The Young Forever Cookbook
- How Not to Die
- Nutrition, Food and Diet in Ageing and Longevity