Watercress
A single serving can reduce DNA damage within 2 hours
Cruciferous vegetables
Health Benefits
Health conditions and aging processes that Watercress may influence, based on the source research.
Protects Against
- DNA DamageA single serving within two hours
Source: How Not to Age
Biological Mechanisms
How Watercress works at a cellular level.
- PromotesReduces DNA Damage
Acute and chronic watercress supplementation attenuates exercise-induced DNA damage
- PromotesReduces DNA damage caused by strenuous exercise
Watercress supplementation attenuates exercise-induced DNA damage and lipid peroxidation (Fogarty et al. 2013)
Dosage Recommendations
Specific amounts mentioned in the research literature.
- A single serving within two hoursfor DNA Damage
Source: How Not to Age
- daily serving for 2 monthsfor DNA Damage
Subjects who loaded up on watercress two hours before exercising actually ended up with fewer free radicals after the treadmill test than when they started. After two months, no DNA damage resulted.
Source: How Not to Die
Sources
- How Not to Age
- How Not to Die