Broccoli Sprouts Can Help Prevent Cancer.

If you're going to eat just one
vegeatable to help prevent cancer,
I suggest you choose broccoli sprouts.

I've been eating home-grown broccoli
sprouts for more than 15 years. Yes,
I like the taste of them. The sprouts are MUCH tastier than the
mature broccoli plants. And, yes,
they're very easy to grow right in
your living room. As I type, there's
a round tray of broccoli sprouts
growing by the window.

But the main reason I eat broccoli
sprouts has nothing to do with taste
or ease of growing. It's because
broccoli sprouts, in the words of
Steve Meyerowitz, the Sproutman,
"possess dramatic cancer-preventative properties."

Broccoli and all its kissing cousins
-- cabbage, bok choy, and Brussels
sprouts -- contain a number of
phytochemicals that our immune systems use to fight off carcinogens. Many of you know that.

What you may not know is that broccoli sprouts contain 20 to 50
times MORE of the immune-enhancers
than the average adult broccoli plant.

Here's what Dr. John Talalay of Johns Hopkins University, had to say
about a 1997 study of sulforaphane,
a compound that is the body's strongest natural inducer of enzymes which destroy carcinogens:

"In animals and human cells, we have
demonstated, unequivocably, that this compound (suforaphane) can
substantially reduce the incidence,
rate of development, and size of tumors."

Again, broccoli sprouts have 20 to
50 times the amount of this critically needed compound.

Broccoli also contains Indole-3-Carbinol,
which causes estrogen to break down
into a harmless metabolite, rather
than the form linked to breast cancer. This is wonderful news for
women, because many cancers that
appear in female reproductive organs,
are related to too much estrogen.

You can buy Indole-3-Carbinol as a
supplement. Or you can opt to grow
your own, easily and inexpensively,
like I do.

Here's a memorable quote from The
Sproutman: "In 3 days, you can raise
a crop of sprouts that contains as
much sulforaphane, as an acre of broccoli would yield in a year."

So I hope some of you will consider
adding broccol sprouts to your eating-regimen. Many big supermarket
chains now sell broccoli sprouts in
their produce sections. If not, you
can ask the produce manager to order
them for you.

But growing your own is the way to
go. You KNOW they're clean and pure,
because they grew on your porch or
patio -- or even in your living room
(I live alone!)

I posted a long explanation of my
simple and inexpensive method of
growing perfect sprouts, on the Raw
Foods forum on Dec 29th. Check it out if you think you might like to
grow your own sprouts.

Blessings,

Owen ©†ƒ……•™¼‡_Original_Message_¾€š½ž¢«»¬ï°©

If you're going to eat just one
vegeatable to help prevent cancer,
I suggest you choose broccoli sprouts.

I've been eating home-grown broccoli
sprouts for more than 15 years. Yes,
I like the taste of them. The sprouts are MUCH tastier than the
mature broccoli plants. And, yes,
they're very easy to grow right in
your living room. As I type, there's
a round tray of broccoli sprouts
growing by the window.

But the main reason I eat broccoli
sprouts has nothing to do with taste
or ease of growing. It's because
broccoli sprouts, in the words of
Steve Meyerowitz, the Sproutman,
"possess dramatic cancer-preventative properties."

Broccoli and all its kissing cousins
-- cabbage, bok choy, and Brussels
sprouts -- contain a number of
phytochemicals that our immune systems use to fight off carcinogens. Many of you know that.

What you may not know is that broccoli sprouts contain 20 to 50
times MORE of the immune-enhancers
than the average adult broccoli plant.

Here's what Dr. John Talalay of Johns Hopkins University, had to say
about a 1997 study of sulforaphane,
a compound that is the body's strongest natural inducer of enzymes which destroy carcinogens:

"In animals and human cells, we have
demonstated, unequivocably, that this compound (suforaphane) can
substantially reduce the incidence,
rate of development, and size of tumors."

Again, broccoli sprouts have 20 to
50 times the amount of this critically needed compound.

Broccoli also contains Indole-3-Carbinol,
which causes estrogen to break down
into a harmless metabolite, rather
than the form linked to breast cancer. This is wonderful news for
women, because many cancers that
appear in female reproductive organs,
are related to too much estrogen.

You can buy Indole-3-Carbinol as a
supplement. Or you can opt to grow
your own, easily and inexpensively,
like I do.

Here's a memorable quote from The
Sproutman: "In 3 days, you can raise
a crop of sprouts that contains as
much sulforaphane, as an acre of broccoli would yield in a year."

So I hope some of you will consider
adding broccol sprouts to your eating-regimen. Many big supermarket
chains now sell broccoli sprouts in
their produce sections. If not, you
can ask the produce manager to order
them for you.

But growing your own is the way to
go. You KNOW they're clean and pure,
because they grew on your porch or
patio -- or even in your living room
(I live alone!)

I posted a long explanation of my
simple and inexpensive method of
growing perfect sprouts, on the Raw
Foods forum on Feb 20th. Check it out if you think you might like to
grow your own sprouts.

Blessings,

Owen

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