Dietary glucoraphanin-rich broccoli sprout extracts protect against UV radiation-induced skin carcinogenesis in SKH-1 hairless mice
Feeding broccoli sprout extracts providing daily doses of 10 mol of glucoraphanin to SKH-1 hairless mice with prior chronic exposure to UV radiation (30 mJ cm-2 of UVB, twice a week, for 17 weeks) inhibited the development of skin tumors during [...]
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A small, pilot study in 50 people in Japan suggests that eating two and a half ounces of broccoli sprouts daily for two months may confer some protection against a rampant stomach bug that causes gastritis, ulcers and even stomach cancer. (article source – http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Press_releases/2009/04_06_09.html)
Citing their new “demonstration of principle” study, a Johns Hopkins researcher [...]
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A grand thank you to Jackie Silver over at the Richmond Examiner.com for giving us a glowing endorsement!
Big nutrition comes in small packages.
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The Tea Council of the USA has opened its 2009 $15,000 scholarship video competition.
Students are asked to submit their own 1- to 2-minute video creations about the health benefits of drinking tea. The winning entry will be selected by a panel of Tea Council representatives to receive a scholarship of $15,000 paid directly to the [...]
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Sorry for the lack of posts. We’ve been gearing up for a couple of activities coming up within the next couple of months. At the end of September, we’ll be exhibiting at the American Dietetic Association FNCE in Philadelphia. This gives us a chance to talk to the nutritionists and dietitians about [...]
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A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty. ~Author Unknown
Mrs. John B. Dodd, of Washington, first proposed the idea of a “father’s day” in 1909. Mrs. Dodd wanted a special day to honor her father, William Smart, a Civil War veteran widowed when his [...]
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