Q & A with Dr. Jed Fahey

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Q:  How does SGS reduce the risk of cancer?
 
A:  A complex process, detoxification involves the coordinate stimulation of enzyme inducers with different functions.  Some detoxify free radicals --highly reactive molecules linked to the development of cancer. Other enzymes reduce free radical creation, and some conjugate carcinogens, allowing for more effective and rapid elimination from the body.  In other words, a carcinogen that would normally accumulate in the fat tissues of the body can be conjugated to a molecule whose production is triggered by a chemoprotective enzyme, and become more water-soluble and thus more readily excreted in the urine.


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Indolymethyl glucosinolate converts into indole 3 carbinol (I3C) that can boost either phase 1 (activation) or phase 2 (detoxification) enzymes, depending on the metabolic pathway it takes, and therefore can either activate or deactivate or carcinogens.  Sulforaphane glucosinolate, when converted into sulforaphane, boosts phase 2 enzymes that deactivate free radicals.

There is quite a bit of literature on the anti-cancer effects of I3C, but it is mixed in its results. Depending upon whether a cancer is in its incipient phase, it can either help or hurt.

Our products contain only SGS which we know is a mono-functional inducer – can only induce phase 2 detoxification enzymes, whereas I3C is a bi-functional inducer and, as noted above, can boost both types, depending upon the clinical situation.

On our sister website, www.brassica.com, we go into the phase 1 and phase 2 enzyme issue a little deeper.

 
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