As a child I was never fond of broccoli. I ate it but didn’t like it I preferred peas or string beans. Go figure
Broccoli has a reputation as being a remarkably healthy food, and that reputation is deserved. It’s a great source of vitamins C, K1, and A, as well as folate, potassium, iron, manganese, iron, and calcium. It even has protein . Today I love broccoli
It is a member of the Brassica Family which includes cauliflower, cabbage, kale, kohlrabi, and Brussell sprouts. Broccoli is essentially a large edible flower . Its name comes from the Italian word broccolo, which means “the flowering crest of a cabbage,” as well as the Latin word brachium, which means branch, shoot, or arm.
It contains great vitamins and a powerful vegetable full of anti oxidants. The two active compounds found in broccoli are glucoraphanin and glucosinolates. As part of the digestive process, our bodies convert glucoraphanin into sulforaphane a compound known to fight many types of cancer. I use many compounds with sulforaphane as DIM, Super Greens and Greens First . I use these compounds to support my patients with cancer especially breast cancer. There are many studies citing the benefits of broccoli in fighting cancer Some researchers are beginning to use broccoli (and broiccoli sprouts in particular, which contain 20–100 times higher concentrations of glucosinolate, sulforaphane’s precursor, than adult broccoli) as an adjunct to chemotherapy. There are other herbs used in Europe as Mistletoe which can used adjunct to chemotherapy
It appears that sulforaphane can conduct multipronged attack on cancer cells (including inducing apoptosis, which is basically convincing carcinogenic cells to kill themselves for the sake of the organism).
So the conclusion is …. EAT BROCCOLI
Until tomorrow…