Broccoli Sprouts

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In response to my favorite sprout I am also a Broccosprout lover.

This is an exerpt from a recent article from Prevention Magazine.

Found - A Lettuce that Fights Cancer

A green that's even more potent than we realized

Making a sandwich? From now on, instead of plopping on the same old

lettuce, try using 1/2 cup of zesty broccoli sprouts. That one

little switch might save your life by giving you rich doses of a

compound called SGS (short for sulforaphane glucosinolate), which

looks more than ever like a serious enemy of breast and colon

cancers.

Talalay, MD, the distinguished s Hopkins pharmacologist who

identified SGS as a cancer fighter, believes the evidence is strong

that SGS in broccoli sprouts can help stop cancer " in the very long

and silent period during which cancer develops and before it can be

diagnosed. " Dr. Talalay stresses that we still need studies to

confirm the anti-cancer power of SGS in humans.

SGS is present in many cruciferous veggies such as broccoli. But in

1997, researchers at s Hopkins University in Baltimore

discovered something astounding: Three-day-old sprouts grown from

certain broccoli seeds contained up to 50 times more anticancer SGS

than mature broccoli!

How might SGS prevent cancer? We know that it inhibits mammary

tumors from starting and growing in animals given a chemical that

causes mammary cancer. And for the first time, studies show that SGS

mounts a two-pronged attack on colon cancer:

It inhibited precursors of colon cancer from getting started and

growing in animals given a chemical that causes colon cancer

(abstract, Proceedings of the Amer. Assoc. for Cancer Research, Mar

2000).

In a test-tube study, it triggered rapidly growing human colon

cancer cells to program their own death (Cancer Research, Mar 1,

2000).

SGS Insurance

Problem: The level of SGS in broccoli sprouts varies from a lot to a

little. To know that you're getting a lot, look for the

BroccoSprouts brand, developed at s Hopkins and guaranteed to

have 20 times the SGS of mature broccoli, ounce for ounce. That

means that you get the SGS of 3 cups of cooked broccoli by eating

only 1/2 cup of BroccoSprouts! How do we know this? Because

BroccoSprouts are grown from specially selected seeds and tested

regularly for SGS levels.

Dr. Talalay recommends a 1/2-cup serving of broccoli sprouts two or

three times a week.

Eating Broccoli Sprouts is Easy!

Try these quick, delicious ways to use superhealthy, spicey broccoli

sprouts. All are personal favorites of Jed Fahey, codeveloper of

broccoli sprouts at s Hopkins University:

Instead of lettuce on sandwiches, use broccoli sprouts.

Make a bagel with lox and cream cheese even tastier.

Garnish baked fish: prevention at its prettiest!

Ready to Try 'Em? Suggested retail price: $2.99 for a package of

four 1/2-cup servings.