Sometimes the Enzyme Myth Is True
There are a few examples of plant enzymes having physiologically relevant impacts on the human diet, and the formation of sulforaphane in broccoli is one of them.
There are a few examples of plant enzymes having physiologically relevant impacts on the human diet, and the formation of sulforaphane in broccoli is one of them.
The most powerful natural inducer of our liver’s detoxifying enzyme system is sulforaphane, a phytonutrient produced by broccoli.
Four cups of broccoli sprouts a day may exceed the safe dose of the cruciferous phytonutrient sulforaphane.
6,000 cups of broccoli a year is probably too much.
In a test tube, the broccoli phytonutrient sulforaphane appears to target breast cancer stem cells. But how do we know it’s even absorbed into the body? Have women undergoing breast reduction surgery eat some an hour before their operation, and directly measure the level in their tissues.
A new theory of cancer biology—cancer stem cells—and the role played by sulforaphane, a phytonutrient produced by cruciferous vegetables.
Eating broccoli appears to make DNA more resistant to damage.
In the context of a healthy, plant-based diet, the nitrates in vegetables can safely be converted into nitric oxide, which can boost athletic performance, and may help prevent heart disease.
Greens rank highest in chemical antioxidant assays (such as ORAC, TEAC, TRAP, and FRAP). But which vegetables lead the pack when cellular antioxidant activity is measured?
Algunas hierbas y especias—incluyendo la canela, los clavos de olor, el toronjil, la mejorana, el orégano y la hierbabuena—son tan ricas en antioxidantes que sólo una pizca puede servir de mucho.
Mushrooms may help prevent breast cancer by acting as an aromatase inhibitor to block breast tumor estrogen production.
How much has the nutrient content of food crops declined over the last 50 years?
¿Cuáles son los métodos de cocción que mejor conservan los nutrientes, y qué vegetales contienen más nutrientes cocinados que crudos?
¿Cuál resulta en una mayor absorción de fitonutrientes? ¿El brócoli crudo, al vapor, hervido, o cocinado en el microondas?
¿Qué carga viene junto al calcio en la leche?
Los brotes de brócoli parecen ser mas sanos y nutritivos que los brotes de alfalfa .
Las maravillas de los vegetales de hoja verde oscuro.
Algunos nutrientes se destruyen al cocinar, pero algunos nutrientes se vuelven más absorbibles.
Al tratar de alcanzar tus nueve porciones diarias de frutas y verduras, ¿cuáles no cuentan?