The pod of the vanilla flower is packed with brain power. In 2016, Korean scientists studying the brains of mice, determined that eating vanilla encouraged the growth of neurons in the hippocampus. Vanilla also increased BDNF (Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor). BDNF helps support survival of existing neurons (under normal circumstances and after injury…
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