Dr. Joseph F. McCaffrey wrote an article for Total Health Breakthroughs regarding the recent studies on sulforaphane’s effects on Helicobacter pylori. The most recent published study indicated people who ate broccoli sprouts with high levels of SGS experienced a substantial reduction in H. pylori infection.
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Researchers in Bologna, Italy, were interested in the effects of sulforaphane on animal cardiac muscle cells. Sulforaphane decreased intracellular reactive oxygen species production and DNA fragmentation, and increased cell viability after long-term treatment accompanied by the effects antioxidants and phase II enzymes in the cardiac muscle cells.
Modulation of Phase II Enzymes by Sulforaphane: Implications [...]
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An animal study conducted at the University of Texas Medical School suggested that sulforaphane improves cognitive function after a traumatic brain injury.
Previous studies showed sulforaphane reduces blood-brain barrier permeability and cerebral edema. In this study, the researchers “examined if sulforaphane, when administered following cortical impact injury, can improve the performance of rats tested in [...]
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A group of scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) conducted an epidemiological study on the effects of flavonoids and flavonoid-rich foods on heart disease risk factors, with mixed results.
For example, the researchers discovered among the 133 studies reviewed that while green tea decreased LDL cholesterol levels, black tea actually increased blood pressure. [...]
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We are occasionally asked if it’s possible to reach toxic levels of sulforaphane in the body, and have always answered that no toxic levels have been determined as of yet. In fact, here is a study showing that the body only absorbs so much sulforaphane within an hour and a half after eating broccoli, [...]
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Mayo Clinic researchers report encouraging results in early leukemia clinical trials using epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) from green tea. The trial showed that patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia can tolerate EGCG fairly well at high doses in capsule form and that lymphocyte count was reduced in one-third of participants.
Source: Science Daily News
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