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 Cauliflower : Cauliflower
is chalk full of beneficial nutrients. The nutritional profile
includes large amounts of vitamin C. Also present is folate,
dietary fiber, B6, Tryptophan, manganese, omega 3 fatty acid,
B5, potassium, phosphorus, B2, B1, magnesium and B3. But
cauliflower offers much more. It contains glucosinolates and
thiocyanates (sulforaphane and isothiocyanate) that increase the
liver’s ability to neutralize potentially toxic substances. Many
enzymes in cauliflower also help with detox processes,
glutathione transferase, glucuronosyl transferase and quinine
reductase. Sulforaphane is known to trigger the liver to produce
enzymes that detox cancer causing chemicals. In research done at
John Hopkins University in Baltimore, sulforaphane lowered the
occurrence of breast cancer tumors in lab animals by almost 40%.
Toxins that would normally damage the cells, that would then
turn cancerous, are swept out of the system by sulfurophane,
preventing tumors before they begin. Also present in cauliflower
is indole-3-carbinol or I3C which lowers the chances of tumor
growth. |
