Baby Broccoli May Help Prevent Stomach Cancer: Study

news.yahoo.com:

Eating two and a half ounces of baby broccoli daily for two months may protect against a common stomach bug that is linked to gastritis, ulcers and even stomach cancer, a study in Japan has found.

Fresh broccoli sprouts contain plenty of sulforaphane, a natural biochemical that appears to trigger the production of enzymes in the gut that protect against oxygen radicals, DNA-damaging chemicals, and inflammation.

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Comments

[Goliadkin]

02:21 PM on 04/08/2009

Hello? The author of this article doesn't seem to know the difference between "baby broccoli" which is the young, rooted broccoli plant, and broccoli sprouts, which are the sprouted seeds of broccoli, before it roots and takes the mature plant form. These are two very different things, yet the author of the article, who apparently has no idea what broccoli sprouts are, uses the two terms interchangeably.

What the scientists are talking about is sprouts. That's where the sulforaphane is. But I agree with the previous poster--you wouldn't like them. Eating them is horrible. Leave that task to me.

[Tulka2]

03:38 PM on 04/06/2009

Do not buy broccoli seed and sprout it in a jar on your window sill. (Broccoli seed is expensive enough without the dolts coming round to it.) You hate broccoli. Pay no attention to the fact broccoli sprouts are one of the most nutritionally dense foods known to man. Forget it. You hate it.

[EmeraldWorld]

10:56 PM on 04/07/2009

LOL.

[FZliveson]

12:45 PM on 04/06/2009

Here it is in black and white, folks:

Quote: My mother made me eat broccoli. I hate broccoli.
I am president of the United States. I will not eat any more broccoli. Unquote
George H.W.Bush

I rest my case

[liminal67]

12:26 PM on 04/06/2009

Good! I love Broccoli... Maybe Michelle could grow some Barackoli in her vegetable garden!

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