Well, I guess it's about time that we all started eating our sprouts, broccoli sprouts to be precise. I noticed on a recent trip to Whole Foods that they were selling broccoli sprouts. Because I live with a Holistic Health Counselor I thought that I would try to impress her by bringing some of these sprouts home. Turns out this was a very good move, even though I had to listen to a lecture on the health benefits of sprouts.
Anyway, after listening to Mrs. Coffee Black lecture me on the numerous health benefits I decided to do a little research of my own. I searched "broccoli sprouts" on google and found 160,000 pages. Who knew these little sprouts were so popular?
Broccoli sprouts have been widely studied and the reported health benefits include: potential to detoxify carcinogens; inhibit the growth of cancer tumors, including breast, stomach, colon and bladder; the ability to lower blood pressure; lower overall cholesterol levels and help reverse some of the damage caused by diabetes. If that wasn't enough, a study by Johns Hopkins from October of 2007 found that topical application of broccoli sprouts extract helps fight against damage caused by UV radiation. See http://www.hopkinskimmelcancercenter.org/index.cfm/cID/1684/mpage/item.cfm/itemID/929
For those of you interested in the science, broccoli sprouts contain high concentrations of sulforaphane, a compound which has documented cancer prevention capabilities.
For those of you more interested in eating or growing sprouts, I suggest you check out http://www.sproutpeople.com/seed/broccoli.html. This site has instructions on how to grow your own sprouts and sprout recipes.
That's it for now.
Peace and Health
Coffee Black
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