Reasons To Eat Your Broccoli

Even though broccoli is a “super food”, not everybody likes it. It offers much in the way of health benefits and researchers have found even more super reasons to eat broccoli.

Researchers from the University of Illinois have identified genes controlling the accumulation of phenolic compounds in broccoli. Consumption of these compounds, including certain flavonoids, is associated with a lower risk of coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, asthma and several types of cancer.

There is good antioxidant activity in these phenolic compounds, and there is increasing evidence that this activity affects the biochemical pathways that are affiliated with inflammation in mammals. …read more