Herbs and spices are rich sources of over 25,000 phytonutrients, -plant-compounds like flavonoids, terpenoids, saponins, and polysaccharides, that appear to have anti-aging effects like improving cognitive health, and reducing cardiovascular risks, increasing chromosome telomere length, and enumerable- seemingly unlimited number of metabolic pathways that enhance health. These are built into our DNA to help repair daily damage which is more important every day with our exposure to manmade chemicals and toxins that we are literally swimming in.