Re: newstory: Sauerkraut contains anticancer compound

[Guest guest]

I wonder how much of these chemicals survive the canning process. I hope

enough, but I have a suspicion raw saurkraut might be much better than the

stuff at baseball games. There was an article I think from WAPF recently

that said one of the main anti-cancer compounds in cruciferous veggies is

mostly destroyed even by light cooking!

Chris

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[Guest guest]

There was an article I think from WAPF recently

>that said one of the main anti-cancer compounds in cruciferous veggies is

>mostly destroyed even by light cooking!

>

>Chris

I've read in articles that a light steam is the best way to prepare cruciferous

vegs so we can absorb the nutrients, the implication was it was a waste to even

bother eating them raw. That was before I learned about fermentation, I would

assume fermenting them takes care of the absorbtion w/o damaging anything good

for us question

So much contradictory information out there....

Mike E

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 10/19/02 9:48:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

meuritt@... writes:

>

> I've read in articles that a light steam is the best way to prepare

> cruciferous

> vegs so we can absorb the nutrients, the implication was it was a waste to

> even

> bother eating them raw. That was before I learned about fermentation, I

> would

> assume fermenting them takes care of the absorbtion w/o damaging anything

> good

> for us question

That's what I assume.

> So much contradictory information out there....

I don't think it is contradictory in this case. The same article I read that

in said that they _must_ be either steamed or fermented to eliminate another

harmful compound (I forget what). So it was saying that the anti-cancer

compound is very heat sensitive, and that a lot of it (most of it? I forget)

get's destroyed in cooking, though cooking is better than raw, but fermenting

is best b/c you get both benefits instead of sacrificing one for the other.

Chris

____

" What can one say of a soul, of a heart, filled with compassion? It is a

heart which burns with love for every creature: for human beings, birds, and

animals, for serpents and for demons. The thought of them and the sight of

them make the tears of the saint flow. And this immense and intense

compassion, which flows from the heart of the saints, makes them unable to

bear the sight of the smallest, most insignificant wound in any creature.

Thus they pray ceaselessly, with tears, even for animals, for enemies of the

truth, and for those who do them wrong. "

--Saint Isaac the Syrian