Maximizing The Anti-Cancer Power Of Broccoli

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Practical tip:

" Jeffery said that sulforaphane is one of the most powerful

anticarcinogens found in food. " It works by increasing the enzymes in

your liver that destroy the cancer-inducing chemicals you ingest in

food or encounter in the environment. "

" As scientists, we learned that sulforaphane is maximized when

broccoli has been heated 10 minutes at 140 degrees Fahrenheit, " said

Jeffery. " For the consumer, who cannot readily hold the temperature as

low as 140 degrees, that means the best way to prepare broccoli is to

steam it lightly about 3 or 4 minutes--until the broccoli is

tough-tender. "

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/03/050326114810.htm

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" Three-day-old broccoli sprouts consistently contain 20 to 50 times the protective compounds found in broccoli. http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/press/1997/SEPT/970903.HTM

This has been posted here before. See post #26214.

Also tomatoes and broccoli eaten together are more potent than broccoli alone. See #24921 posted by you as a matter of fact.

We now have a “cancer” file partially completed. Look under CRON Science for the file on cancer.

From: bill4cr <bill4cr@...>

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Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:38:06 -0000

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Practical tip:

" Jeffery said that sulforaphane is one of the most powerful

anticarcinogens found in food. " It works by increasing the enzymes in

your liver that destroy the cancer-inducing chemicals you ingest in

food or encounter in the environment. "

" As scientists, we learned that sulforaphane is maximized when

broccoli has been heated 10 minutes at 140 degrees Fahrenheit, " said

Jeffery. " For the consumer, who cannot readily hold the temperature as

low as 140 degrees, that means the best way to prepare broccoli is to

steam it lightly about 3 or 4 minutes--until the broccoli is

tough-tender. "

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/03/050326114810.htm

[Guest guest]

My only thought is I doubt the quantities in any food can prevent cancer,

because we eat a lot of cruciferous stuff in this country.

We eat a lot of tomatoes, 67# per capita, and yet we have a high rate of

PCa.

Why is that? We need to eat 68#, maybe?

Perhaps someone can quanitfy how much crucif we need to eat?

Regards

[ ] Maximizing The Anti-Cancer Power Of Broccoli

Practical tip:

" Jeffery said that sulforaphane is one of the most powerful

anticarcinogens found in food. " It works by increasing the enzymes in

your liver that destroy the cancer-inducing chemicals you ingest in

food or encounter in the environment. "

" As scientists, we learned that sulforaphane is maximized when

broccoli has been heated 10 minutes at 140 degrees Fahrenheit, " said

Jeffery. " For the consumer, who cannot readily hold the temperature as

low as 140 degrees, that means the best way to prepare broccoli is to

steam it lightly about 3 or 4 minutes--until the broccoli is

tough-tender. "

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/03/050326114810.htm

[Guest guest]

Ieat broccoli sprouts everyday.. also tomato paste. thank you for

reminding me of this connection.

" In particular, the scientists discovered that dendritic cells, which

introduce infectious agents and foreign substances to the immune

system, were particularly effective in restoring immune function in

aged animals when treated with sulforaphane.

" We found that treating older mice with sulforaphane increased the

immune response to the level of younger mice, " said Hyon-Jeen Kim,

first author and research scientist at the Geffen School. "

" This is a radical new way of thinking in how to increase the immune

function of elderly people to possibly protect against viral

infections and cancer, " Nel said. " We may have uncovered a new

mechanism by which to boost vaccine responses by using a nutrient

chemical to impact oxidant stress pathways in the immune system. "

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080306133919.htm

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> " Three-day-old broccoli sprouts consistently contain 20 to 50 times the

> protective compounds found in broccoli.

> http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/press/1997/SEPT/970903.HTM

>

> This has been posted here before. See post #26214.

>

> Also tomatoes and broccoli eaten together are more potent than broccoli

> alone. See #24921 posted by you as a matter of fact.

>

> We now have a ³cancer² file partially completed. Look under CRON

Science for

> the file on cancer.

>

> From: bill4cr <bill4cr@...>

> Reply-< >

> Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:38:06 -0000

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> Subject: [ ] Maximizing The Anti-Cancer Power Of Broccoli

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> Practical tip:

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> " Jeffery said that sulforaphane is one of the most powerful

> anticarcinogens found in food. " It works by increasing the enzymes in

> your liver that destroy the cancer-inducing chemicals you ingest in

> food or encounter in the environment. "

>

> " As scientists, we learned that sulforaphane is maximized when

> broccoli has been heated 10 minutes at 140 degrees Fahrenheit, " said

> Jeffery. " For the consumer, who cannot readily hold the temperature as

> low as 140 degrees, that means the best way to prepare broccoli is to

> steam it lightly about 3 or 4 minutes--until the broccoli is

> tough-tender. "

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> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/03/050326114810.htm

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