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Boiling Broccoli Ruins Its Anti-cancer Properties

February 4, 2023 by Captain Organic Planet

Researchers at the University of Warwick have found that the standard British cooking habit of boiling vegetables severely damages the anticancer properties of many Brassica vegetables such as broccoli, Brussel sprouts, cauliflower and green cabbage. Past studies have shown that consumption of Brassica vegetables decreases the risk of cancer. This is because of the high […]

Filed Under: Cancer Tagged With: anti cancer, broccoli, cancer

Maximizing The Anti-Cancer Power Of Broccoli

May 2, 2022 by Captain Organic Planet

University of Illinois researcher Elizabeth Jeffery has learned how to maximize the cancer-fighting power of broccoli. It involves heating broccoli just enough to eliminate a sulfur-grabbing protein, but not enough to stop the plant from releasing an important cancer-fighting compound called sulforaphane. The discovery of this sulfur-grabbing protein in the Jeffery lab makes it possible […]

Filed Under: Cancer Tagged With: anti cancer, broccoli, cancer, sulforaphane

Chemical found in leafy greens shown to slow growth of COVID-19 and common cold viruses

April 10, 2022 by Captain Organic Planet

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center report evidence from lab experiments that a chemical derived from a compound found abundantly in broccoli and other cruciferous plants may offer a potentially new and potent weapon against the viruses that cause COVID-19 and the common cold. COVID-19 has already killed more than 6 million people worldwide, and […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, chemopreventive, common cold, coronavirus, COVID-19, cruciferous, kale, leafy greens, phytochemicals, viral infections, viruses

Study confirms safety, cancer-targeting ability of nutrient in broccoli, other vegetables, researchers say

July 24, 2021 by Captain Organic Planet

Sulforaphane, one of the primary phytochemicals in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables that helps them prevent cancer, has been shown for the first time to selectively target and kill cancer cells while leaving normal prostate cells healthy and unaffected. The findings, made by scientists in the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University, are another […]

Filed Under: Cancer Tagged With: broccoli, cancer, vegetables

Research finds combo of plant nutrients kills breast cancer cells

January 20, 2021 by Captain Organic Planet

A study led by Madhwa Raj, PhD, Research Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans and its Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, has found that a super cocktail of six natural compounds in vegetables, fruits, spices and plant roots killed 100% of sample breast cancer cells without toxic side effects […]

Filed Under: Cancer Tagged With: apples, breast, breast cancer, broccoli, cancer, cruciferous, fruits, grapes, isoflavones, nutrients, reservatrol, soybeans, spirulina, tofu, turmeric, turmeric root, vegetables

Broccoli may offer protection against liver cancer

February 18, 2019 by Captain Organic Planet

Consumption of broccoli has increased in the United States over the last few decades as scientists have reported that eating the vegetable three to five times per week can lower the risk of many types of cancer including breast, prostate, and colon cancers. A new study from the University of Illinois reports that including broccoli […]

Filed Under: Cancer Tagged With: broccoli, cancer, liver, sulforaphane, vegetables

Chemicals found in vegetables prevent colon cancer in mice

October 5, 2018 by Captain Organic Planet

Chemicals produced by vegetables such as kale, cabbage and broccoli could help to maintain a healthy gut and prevent colon cancer, a new study from the Francis Crick Institute shows. The research, published in Immunity, shows that mice fed on a diet rich in indole-3-carbinol — which is produced when we digest vegetables from the […]

Filed Under: Cancer Tagged With: Brassica, broccoli, cabbabe, cancer, colon, kale

Broccoli Compound Targets Key Enzyme In Late-Stage Cancer

October 4, 2018 by Captain Organic Planet

An anti-cancer compound found in broccoli and cabbage works by lowering the activity of an enzyme associated with rapidly advancing breast cancer, according to a University of California, Berkeley, study appearing Dec 3 in the online early edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The compound, indole-3-carbinol, is already undergoing clinical […]

Filed Under: Cancer Tagged With: broccoli, cancer, I3C, indole-3-carbinol, tumor

Broccoli May Be Good For The Gut

December 1, 2017 by Captain Organic Planet

For the broccoli haters of the world, researchers may have more bad news: the vegetable may also help promote a healthy gut. In a study, when mice ate broccoli with their regular diet, they were better able to tolerate digestive issues similar to symptoms of leaky gut and colitis than mice that were not placed […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: broccoli, colitis, cruciferous, Food, gut, ulcerative colitis, vegetables

Diverse Natural Fatty Acids Follow ‘Golden Mean’

November 7, 2017 by Captain Organic Planet

Mathematics in the Romanesco broccoli. The spiral structures are based on the Fibonacci sequence, which can be observed in nature, but also in art. Bioinformatics scientists at Friedrich Schiller University in Jena (Germany) have discovered that the number of theoretically possible fatty acids with the same chain length but different structures can be determined with […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: broccoli, fatty acids, Fibonacci, Golden Mean, Romanesco

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