Truth be told, conventional medicine has made some strides (let’s call them baby steps) over the last 40 years when it comes to disease prevention. Mainstream medicine does continue to tout the “slash-and-burn” method as the be-all and end-all for treating cancer after the fact. Yet the concept of taking proactive steps to reduce the risk of cancer (like exercising and eating “healthier”) is now fairly commonplace.
What your conventional doctor is probably forgetting to mention, however, is that for years there has been a simple, natural, and yes, scientifically proven way to keep cancer at bay. It’s called sulforaphane. It can be found in cruciferous vegetables and especially in broccoli sprouts.
Dr. Talalay’s Game-Changing Sulforaphane Study
“Three-day-old broccoli sprouts consistently contain 20 to 50 times the amount of chemoprotective compounds found in mature broccoli heads and may offer a simple dietary means of chemically reducing cancer risk,” Dr. Paul Talalay reported in a 1997 Johns Hopkins press release.
Dr. Talalay is the Founding Director of the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Chemoprotection Center at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is one of the top biomedical researchers in the world and a pioneer in the field of phytochemicals.
Talalay’s ground-breaking study, completed in 1991, was one of the first to focus on cancer prevention through diet. It was the very first to isolate sulforaphane in cruciferous vegetables as a cancer preventer. Sulforaphane works its magic by boosting Phase 2 enzymes in the body, whose job it is to neutralize the processes of disease.
Talalay and his team fed broccoli sprout extracts to female rats for five days. They then exposed them and a control group to a carcinogen. The rats that had received the extract developed fewer tumors. Those that did have tumors developed smaller ones that took longer to grow than the control group’s did.
Not surprisingly, the first publishing venue Talalay and his colleagues approached about their findings (Science magazine) rejected it. The study was eventually published a year later in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Since then, there have been hundreds of published reports proving the healing effects of phytochemicals such as sulforaphane.
There is No Time to Waste When It Comes to Cancer Prevention
Still, conventional medicine continues to drag its feet when it comes to pursuing and funding cancer prevention research.
“There’s no romance in it,” says Michael Sporn, professor and cancer prevention researcher at Dartmouth Medical School. “There’s no one on death’s door whose life is saved through prevention. The American public is way ahead of medicine on this.”
As 10 million new cancer cases are discovered each year, including 230,000 cases of invasive breast cancer, it is long past the time when doctors and researchers have the luxury of tip-toeing around the issue of cancer prevention.
Remember, it is up to YOU to be proactive with prevention for your body’s overall health and vitality. A good place to start is by adding more sulforaphane-rich foods in your diet.
I just don’t get it. Broccoli is giving up its life so we can be healthier. Yet some Posters here complain about the taste. Would you rather be the broccoli and be eaten. I think not. Take the Broccoli if it rids your health issue. Hold your breath, use essential oil diffuser. Or better yet make a smoothie with some grapes added. And thank the broccoli not cursing it by complaining.
I personally am grateful to have such a vegetable to help me maintain my health.
Yeah Broccoli Destroyer Power!!
It’s sad. I love all types of sprouts and used to grow them all. Can’t anymore. since all the wifi networks went in my neighbors’ homes, none of my good seeds will sprout well, if at all. sometimes with enough foil on the jar, the mung beans will grow as big as tiny alfalfa sprouts, but iffy. Broccoli, clover, alfalfa die the minute they begin to sprout. The sprouts I got were so good before this. Stores do not carry any that are organic, so not fit for consuming.
Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods carry organic sprouts. There must be others because the suppliers need more than those 2.
Are broccoli sprouts good for cancer patients and is it better to eat them or juice them? please assume I have a large supply.
The ingredient SULPHORAPHANE,studied at JOHNS HOPKINS is found in the BROCCOLI SEED, you need to activate the seed with a plant enzyme Myrosinase.This has been added to a patented supplement,Vitalica Plus,There is New human Breast CANCER study with good results,usinga broccoli seed supplement
Thank you Ty for this information. We have been duped by the holding back of cures too long.
Where do you get the sprouts and how much and how often do you take them?
This is good news!
You can find the extract in many supplements now, check Amazon
Publix has Broccoli sprouts. I use them in salads, smoothies and add them to any vegetables.