NoBellyPrize.com » sulforaphane http://www.nobellyprize.com a place for fitness, nutrition and good health Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:25:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Broccoli controls blood sugar http://www.nobellyprize.com/2008/12/26/broccoli-controls-blood-sugar/ http://www.nobellyprize.com/2008/12/26/broccoli-controls-blood-sugar/#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:55:36 +0000 larrymagid http://nobellyprize.com/?p=28 Continue reading →]]> An article at RealAge.com argues that greens, including broccoli, helps control blood sugar thanks to a compound calls sulforaphane.

The article explains how chornically high blood sugar can damage organs and how “adding sulforaphane to a mix of blood vessel cells and glucose cut oxidation (read damage) by as much as 73 percent.” Of course more research is needed to see if it actually makes humans healthier but — given that we already know that broccoli is good for us, we may as well add it to our diets.

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