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Broccoli sprouts have been shown to posses 20 times more antioxidant protection that adult plants.

You never would have thought that something as small as a broccoli sprout would have such powerful healthy qualities. Research from 1992 by Paul Talalay, M.D., and colleagues at John Hopkins found that there are special cancer preventing phytochemicals in broccoli called sulfpraphanes. The interesting discovery was that 3 day old sprouts had 20 times the concentration of this antioxidant. They did follow up studies on mice and it was shown that these phytochemicals played a preventive role in breast and colon cancer. Who would have know these baby broccoli sprouts could be so important.

Lets pretend you do not have access to broccoli sprouts. Just how much of the mature plant would you need to eat? Well, to get the same amount of sulfpraphane in the adult plant as in a serving of sprouts, you would have to eat over a pound. Now that's a big difference. So, you can grow the sprouts and enjoy them in a salad or sandwich or you can go for a pound of adult broccoli. We still need to eat the adult plants of course. We need the fiber in our diets. But if you have access to organic seeds and a sprouting tray, than it certainly makes sense to grow the broccoli sprouts yourself.

Of course, the best idea is to eat the broccoli sprouts raw, but you can get away with heating them as the sulfpraphane is not destroyed by heat. However, if they are cooked in water, the liquid should be consumed for maximum effect.

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