Quite some time ago, I received a phone call from a diabetic who told me that after eating BroccoSprouts no sugar appeared in her urine. At the time, no one, to my knowledge, was studying the effects of sulforaphane on diabetes. However, I never forgot that phone call and have often wondered if thiswas/is the subject of exploration.  I logged onto PubMed.gov and came up with this abstract. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16504726&query_hl=4&itool=pubmed_docsum
In this study in Poland, the scientists found that "sulforaphane improved islet function in vivo, indicating that the combination of a free radical scavenger and an antioxidant (sulforaphane) may be used to increase the effectiveness of islet transplantation."

Any thoughts or comments?