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05/10/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Eat more broccoli and Brussels sprouts for a healthier heart

Eating more cruciferous vegetables, especially broccoli and Brussels sprouts, makes the heart healthier, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. The study likewise found that the consumption of these vegetables lessened carotid artery wall thickness among the elderly women who ate them. In conducting the study, researchers from the […]

03/04/2018 / By Zoey Sky

You already know superfoods are full of nutrients – but do you know how to prepare those foods for maximum nutrient bioavailability?

A group of scientists from Zhejiang University in China has determined “the healthiest way to eat broccoli.” The cruciferous vegetable is full of sulforaphane, a compound that can help maintain blood sugar levels. Studies even show that it might have anti-cancer properties. However, once broccoli is cooked for several minutes, the benefits of sulforaphane are destroyed. To absorb the compound, […]

02/20/2018 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Fruits and vegetables improve lung function: Just one extra serving every day can decrease your risk of disease by 24%

American physician, author, and speaker on public health issues Dr. Michael Heschel Greger, who wrote the book How Not to Die in 2016, is saying that a plant-based diet can safeguard you and your family against lung disease. According to Dr. Greger, data going back 50 years revealed that a high intake of fruits and […]

08/23/2017 / By Kristine Payne

Sulforaphane: Are you getting enough of this healthy compound?

When it comes to the beneficial compounds found in fruits and vegetables, one particular health-promoting compound to take note of is sulforaphane, a phytochemical obtained from cruciferous vegetables. We say “obtained” because sulforaphane doesn’t naturally exist in these plants. Sulforaphane only occurs when two substances — the glucosinolate glucoraphanin and enzyme myrosinase — mix and react […]

07/06/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Broccoli sprouts found to have significant impact in the treatment of type 2 diabetes

Broccoli tends to be one of those polarizing vegetables. Like spinach and mushrooms, people tend to either love or hate it with no in-between. Regardless of how you feel about its taste, however, you might want to start eating more of it if you have type 2 diabetes. That’s because recent research has discovered that […]

06/26/2017 / By Tracey Watson

A third of all cancers could be prevented with these plant-based nutrients

Each year, over 10 million people worldwide are diagnosed with cancer, one million of them are Americans. While there is a common misconception that whether or not you will get cancer is pretty much luck of the draw, in reality, only about 10 percent of cancers are attributable to genetic factors. As many as 90 […]

06/22/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Broccoli sprout extract can replace toxic metformin drugs in type-2 diabetes; sulforaphane found to control blood sugar levels

The American Diabetes Association reports that around 10 percent of the U.S. population has diabetes, most of whom have lifestyle-related type 2 diabetes. Around 1.4 million new diabetes diagnoses are made each year, and it remains the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S. This is also an incredibly expensive disease, costing the country […]

05/15/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Broccoli extract found to dramatically reduce stroke damage to the brain … now Big Pharma wants to make a high-priced pill out of it

Big Pharma is at it again: Taking a naturally occurring, freely available and inexpensive commodity, and creating a “chemical,” patentable version that they can market and make millions of dollars off of. The U.K.’s Express is reporting that researchers funded by the British Heart Foundation are working hard to develop a pill made from broccoli […]

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