Re: Re: broccoli and prostate cancer

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I pay attention to such issues (I'm a man, yes I am). I recall reading a similar statement, but as I recall it was indeed qualified. This prostate cancer was detected during autopsies and NOT the cause of death, so like "so what?".  If CR slows aging it will probably slow progression of such age related progressions too. I don't plan to die in good condition (think about it). Too late for me to die young and pretty. :-)-------On the subject of broccoli sprout's sharp or bitter taste profile, this is very likely the beneficial active components that probably evolved to discourage insects from feasting on the tender sprouts. As has been demonstrated the dose makes the poison and very low dose insect poison can cause beneficial over-responses to that exposure in humans.  I am not suggesting that broccoli is bad for us in any dosage but I caution against the general mindset of more and stronger is always better. Some of these sprouts can be very strong tasting, probably quite good for us in normal volumes. I am already getting broccoli 2x a day most days already so I'm not feeling very deficient in that particular insecticide.-------My baby broccoli sprouts are less than 24 hours old, and I already remember one reason I don't routinely grow them.. the broccoli seeds are round and so small they fall though the holes in my sprouting tray... So I gave them a good soak first, and will be careful watering until they grow a little larger.I typically water sprouts with tap water rather than RO filtered, assuming the tap water will have some chlorine or chemicals to mitigate microbial contamination. The damp environment that sprouts like can be easily contaminated by rouge organisms in the air or environment. I know (my) tap water is not organism friendly since it caused problems with my home brew beer yeast. Regular rinsing will help keep down undesirable growth. I have seen some after long weekends without attention. -------The link from bill4cr was timely, I needed to order some fresh sunflower since the seeds I have left don't germinate. There is apparently a shelf life for some (most?) of these sprout seeds so when ordering don't buy more than several months worth of supplies. I've got some in the cup board several years old (probably need to throw away).JROn Sep 20, 2007, at 12:30 PM, orb85750 wrote:A statement such as, "I read somewhere that if you live long enough, your probability of prostate cancer is 100%" really requires some type of reference. Given a standard (unhealthy) Western diet, that statement may be close to the truth, but it is very difficult to believe that the likelihood of any specific cancer--even common prostate cancer--is 100% for otherwise very healthy individuals.>> Study released in July says just 1 serving per week of broccoli and> cauliflower reduce prostate cancer by 45%, a good thing to know if you> are a man that plans to live a long time. I read somewhere that if> you live long enough, your probability of prostate cancer is 100%.> > Dave> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++>