By London Nutritionist Sylvia Hensher
Cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, cauliflower, kale, turnips and cabbage are full of powerful disease-fighting compounds, one of which is sulforaphane.
Sulforaphane has been found to:
- Boost cell enzymes that protect against molecular damage from cancer-causing chemicals.
- Increase your liver’s ability to detoxify carcinogenic (cancer-causing) compounds and free radicals which damage cells. This in turn protects against cell mutations which can lead to cancer.
- Trigger the production of phase II enzymes- potent anti-cancer compounds involved in the second phase of the detoxification process.
- Help prevent oxidative stress.
- Your body constantly reacts with oxygen as you breathe and your cells produce energy. As a consequence of this activity, highly reactive molecules are produced known as free radicals which interact with other molecules within cells. While some level of oxidative stress is a normal result of your body processes, many factors such as pollution, alcohol, medicines and mental stress can cause an excess of free radicals in your body. This can cause oxidative damage/stress to proteins, membranes and genes and has been implicated in the body’s aging process and in diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer’s.
- Sulforaphane, however, seems to stimulate a variety of antioxidant defence pathways in your body that can actually fight oxidative stress
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