The bioavailability of sulforaphane from commercially available glucoraphanin supplements is equal to that observed from broccoli sprouts, says a new study from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) School of Medicine.
Eating 200 grams of broccoli sprouts every other day during
pregnancy could protect the next generation from heart disease,
suggest results of an animal study.
A report published in the Annals of Internal Medicine this week has
come in for criticism from the Council for Responsible Nutrition,
which says it was based on a flawed study, reports Jess
Halliday.
An international team of scientists, evaluating the effectiveness
of zinc therapy on Bangladeshi children, report significantly lower
rates of child morbidity, hospitalisation and non-injury death.
Trials to find out whether certain vegetables can relieve infection
with stomach cancer and ulcers could soon be underway, say the
researchers who have found a compound in broccoli that kills the
bacterium responsible for the infections.
A diet rich in soy that reduced pain and swelling in rats could one
day be used by humans to manage chronic pain in diseases such as
cancer, according to recent research.