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Q & A with Dr. Jed Fahey

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Q:  I am on Coumadin (blood thinner) and am told that I have to be careful about consuming broccoli due to high Vitamin K content.  Does Brassica® Tea contain Vitamin K as well?
 
A:  We have not been able to measure the amount of Vitamin K in Brassica Tea.  Accurate analysis is extremely difficult and unreliable because Vitamin K is not water soluble.  Analyses in the Brassica Chemoprotection Laboratory show that BroccoSprouts contain 1.35 micrograms of Vitamin K per gram of fresh sprouts.  This converts to 135 micrograms per 100 grams (which is much more than one would consume per day), or 38 micrograms per one ounce serving.  The Vitamin K content of market stage (adult) broccoli is reported as 205-270 micrograms per 100 grams, and one might consume 100 grams of adult broccoli at a time.  Other vegetables are reported to contain from 5 to about 1,500 micrograms per 100 grams.  Given that the broccoli extract in the tea comes from the sprouts, and the amount of SGS is reduced from 73 milligrams per one ounce serving to 15 milligrams per tea bag, and given that Vitamin K is not water soluble, we believe Brassica Tea contains very little Vitamin K.  However, certainly discuss this with your physician.

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Who is Brassica Protection Products LLC? Print E-mail

Brassica Protection Products LLC (BPP) was created by scientists at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to ensure that products made from plants that provide sulforaphane and other phytochemicals are developed and made available to the public under rigorous and standardized scientific conditions following strict food safety standards. Bringing safe value-added sprouts to the consumer market includes strict adherence to HACCP food safety systems and the use of GMP and cold chain maintenance.

Brassica Protection Products LLC was founded in 1997 to develop and market to the public scientifically-proven, highly-effective, cancer-protective foods, functional foods, nutriceuticals, and pharmaceuticals.  The company is commercializing technology developed by Paul Talalay, M.D. and Jed W. Fahey, M.S., Sc.D., researchers in the Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

A portion of the proceeds from BPP sales is donated to The Brassica Foundation for research on the chemoprotective effects of vegetables.

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Brassica's mission is to provide scientifically-sound, cancer-preventive products to the public as functional foods, food ingredients, supplements and pharmaceuticals.

  • We believe in unleashing the power of plants to maintain and improve health.
  • We believe that all our efforts must be consistent with the level of proven scientific evidence.
  • We believe our products should be consumed in complement with a diet rich in fruits and vegetables.
  • We favor engagement with regulators, as an opportunity to help build the consumer's health and knowledge base.
  • We believe that the results of our efforts are proprietary, and thus we protect our intellectual property. We believe that this protection furthers greater innovation in our society.

 
 
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