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Size: 60 tabs S.Retail: $ 18.98 49% OFF $ 9.68 What Are Broccoli Sprouts?Broccoli sprouts are 3-4 day old sprouts of broccoli. Contrary to popular belief, and to many published articles on broccoli sprouts, they actually contain a lower level of nutrition than mature broccoli heads. However, the reason that many people take broccoli sprout extract as a supplement is because they contain an inordinately large quantity of a glucosinolate known as glucoraphanin, found in vacuoles within the cell cytoplasm. The cell membranes contain myrosinase, an enzyme that comes into contact with the glucoraphanin when the plant cell is ruptured, such as when chewing it. The enzyme then changes the glucoraphanin to sulforaphane, an isothiocyanate compound. It is this sulforaphane for which scientists are so excited about broccoli sprouts, and not because they are more nutritious than mature broccoli. This substance has been found to possess powerful anti-cancer properties, offering protection against cancers cause by the consumption of toxins. It is not the toxins that cause the cancer, but by-products (metabolites) of their metabolism in the liver, and sulforaphane has been found to generate an enzyme that neutralizes these carcinogenic metabolites. So if you want to increase your protection against cancer, take broccoli sprout extract. Using Broccoli Sprouts to Defeat CancerBroccoli is rich in a substance known as sulforaphane, and it has been established that broccoli sprouts, which are 3 to 4-day old broccoli plants, can contain over 20 times the sulforaphane of mature broccoli (Johns Hopkins University 1997). The significance of this is that sulforaphane helps to prevent cancers, particularly cancers of the stomach, bowel, prostate, bladder and breast. It does so by stimulating the production of Phase 2 enzymes. When toxins are neutralized in the liver by Phase 1 enzymes, carcinogenic by-products are generated that will cause rampaging cancer if left as they are. However, the body produces what are known as Phase 2 enzymes that neutralize these carcinogenic by-products. Sulforaphane stimulates the production of these enzymes, and so ensures the destruction of the carcinogenic by-products of toxin metabolism. This has been proven by clinical studies, and an extract of broccoli sprouts is very rich in sulforaphane, or the substances that generate it. A maintenance supplement of broccoli sprouts will offer protection against some of the more serious cancers.
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Click here for Broccoli Sprouts from SOURCE NATURALS
Size: 30 tabs S.Retail: $ 9.98 49% OFF $ 5.09 What Do Broccoli Sprouts Do For You?Broccoli sprouts are not as nutritious as mature broccoli, no matter what you have read elsewhere. This is a fact. However, they do contain two substances - glucoraphanin and myrosinase - that are separated from each in the plant by tissue and cell walls. However, when you eat the broccoli sprouts, or an extract of them, these two come together and a biochemical reaction takes place, forming a substance known as sulforaphane. Sulforaphane has some awesome properties, and this substance is believed to help protect you from many types of cancer. However, what else can it do? It has been found to help reduce blood pressure, decrease inflammation and help to promote a healthy cardiovascular system. This is further improved by the antioxidant properties of sulforaphane that protects you from the free radical oxidation of LDL cholesterol that in turn leads to atherosclerosis - blockage of the arteries. It also helps prevent macular degeneration and diabetes-related vascular damage. Add all of that together and it's not bad for a tiny 3-4 day-old plant! Broccoli sprouts are best taken as an extract standardized on its sulforaphane content. Broccoli Sprouts and SulforaphaneSulforaphane is a highly antioxidant isothiocyanate that offers you some very powerful health benefits, not the least of which is its anti-cancer effect. However, sulforaphane is not naturally contained in broccoli sprouts, but is created biochemically when you cut or chew the plant. That is because the two substances that react to produce it, glucoraphanin and the enzyme myrosinase, are contained in different parts of the plant's cellular structure, and cannot come together naturally until the cells and membranes are ruptured. In this chemical love story of separated individuals, once the two finally come together they produce a third species known as sulforaphane. This is a very antioxidant young child, and its life's work is to protect your cardiovascular systems from the ravages of free radicals that would block your arteries with oxidized cholesterol if given a chance. It also stimulates the production of an enzyme that destroys potentially carcinogenic metabolites of toxin metabolism in your liver. All in all, an extract of broccoli sprouts is a useful supplement to take - not to cure anything, but to prevent things happening. Things like heart disease, blocked arteries and cancers.
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