Some more facts from Cruciferous family!!



Cabbage family plays a special role in preventing breast cancer and detoxifying “cranky estrogen” that circulates through the body and wreaks havoc after menopause. Plants in cruciferous family, particularly broccoli are rich in indole-3-carbinol which, when digested turns into diindolylmethane DIM. They help transport this cranky estrogen out of your body more efficiently via the liver. Another compound in these foods, sulforaphane as you all know protects us from cancer by improving immune response. Aim to include cabbage, Brussel sprouts, arugula, kale turnips, cauliflower, bok choy, and watercress.
Cruciferous family also helps in detoxification. The glucosinolates in the cruciferous vegetable family are substances that specifically turn on many of the genes that regulate detox. The more of them you consume the more powerfully will you activate your detoxification process.
A Rockefeller University professor of biochemistry Dr H Leon Bradlow, has discovered that the same glucosinolates in crucifers that help to detoxify foreign substances also help women safely metabolize and eliminates the estrogen their bodies produce.

reference:
Maria Noel Groves
Dr Jeffry S Blend



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