How Much Broccoli Is Too Much?
Four cups of broccoli sprouts a day may exceed the safe dose of the cruciferous...
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Friday Favorites: Fasting to Reverse Diabetes
By losing 15 percent of their body weight, nearly 90 percent of individuals with type 2 diabetes for less than four years may achieve remission.
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Liver Toxicity Due to Broccoli Juice?
6,000 cups of broccoli a year is probably too much.
Harvard’s Meat & Mortality Studies
Monday, March 12, 2012: The Harvard Health Professionals Follow-up Study and the Harvard Nurses' Health...
Sulforaphane: From Broccoli to Breast
In a test tube, the broccoli phytonutrient sulforaphane appears to target breast cancer stem cells....
Broccoli vs. Breast Cancer Stem Cells
A new theory of cancer biology—cancer stem cells—and the role played by sulforaphane, a phytonutrient...
DNA Protection from Broccoli
Eating broccoli appears to make DNA more resistant to damage.
Smoking vs. Kale Juice
The effect of kale juice on LDL and HDL cholesterol, and the antioxidant capacity of...
Kale and the Immune System
Comparing the immune system-boosting effect of cooked versus raw kale.
Meat Additives to Diminish Toxicity
How meat scientists justify their promotion of foods associated with cancer risk.
So Should We Drink Beet Juice, or Not?
In the context of a healthy, plant-based diet, the nitrates in vegetables can safely be...
Vitamin C-Enriched Bacon
The addition of vitamin C to processed (cured) meats such as bacon may actually make...
Carcinogens in the Smell of Frying Bacon
Frying bacon outdoors decreases the concentration of airborne nitrosamine carcinogens.
