User:Herb5902/Brocco Gen

broccoli brassica oleracea italica sprout

Broccoli has high levels of glucoraphanin, a compound that is converted into a potent antioxidant called sulforaphane during digestion

Benefits:

• Nematodes
• Blood Sugar
  • decreases insulin resistance
  • reduced pancreatic cell damage
• Antioxidants
• Kaempferol, a flavonoid in broccoli, demonstrates strong anti-inflammatory capacity
• Cancer
  • prostate
  • colorectal

• healthy gut function
  • reduced levels of inflammation in the colon
  • favorable changes in gut bacteria
• Anti-aging
  • sulforaphane increases the expression of antioxidant genes
• Bones and Joints

Side Effects:

• gas
• diarrhea