HPC Foods in Hawaii got local news coverage back in October and those sprouts look fabulous!
The reporter does make a mis-statement, however; while the seeds are sanitized at the beginning of the growing process according to FDA guidances and rinsed thoroughly with water as Bernie describes, the sprouts are NOT chlorinated! Eeeek! The sprouts see [...]
Filed under: sprouts, video on March 21st, 2008 | No Comments »
A research team in Scotland have discovered that black tea compounds theaflavins and thearubigins imitate insulin action on certain proteins called FOXOs, which are proteins that regulate diet and health in many organisms. While this is a preclinical laboratory study, the team at the Neurosciences Institute of the University of Dundee are now looking [...]
Filed under: diabetes, science news, tea on March 14th, 2008 | No Comments »
Andre Nel and his team at UCLA are studying the properties of sulforaphane, and specifically, its ability to strengthen the immune system and thus stall the aging process. Wouldn’t it be great to be able to say on the label that broccoli sprouts keep you young?
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Filed under: SGS, antioxidants, broccoli, science news on March 12th, 2008 | No Comments »
