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Re: Broccoli Sprouts -- Cancer, Glucosinolates

>I have been reading about Broccoli Sprouts containing more cancer fighting
>chemicals than the mature vegetable.

This "cancer fighting chemicals", named Glucosinolates,
are -- like most of the biologically effective chemicals --
quite poisonous if you take in too much of them.


Theophrastus Paracelsus:

"Nothing is a poison,
only the dosage makes
that anything is a poison."

So don't take too much of them. Eat your Broccoli and feel good,
but don't eat Broccoli only:

"The effect of glucosinolates on animals that feed on brassicacious species
has been known since 1928 when rabbits fed high levels of cabbage were found
to develop goiter" (brassicacious species = cabbage, kale, broccoli, etc.)

On the other hand:

"Epidemiological studies of diet and cancer incidence over the last decade
reveal evidence of a protective effect of fruit and vegetables, especially
those of the Brassicaceae and the genus Brassica."

(Citations from Rosa, E.A.S., et al.: Glucosinolates in Crop Plants,
Horticultural Reviews Nr. 19, pp. 99-215, 1997)

Hey, enjoy about, don't "force" your health!



Andreas


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