I love broccoli...so when I read a new study showing even more benefits to eating broccoli I had to share. Broccoli and other cruciferous vege's contains the compound sulforaphane, which has been shown to stimulate production of antioxidant enzymes in people's airways to help protect against free radicals in the air we breathe. 
A study published in Clinical Immunology in March 2009 studied the effects of varying doses of eating broccoli sprouts and alfalfa sprouts with 65 participants. The participants who received broccoli sprouts had a 2 to 3 fold increase in antioxidant enzymes in the nasal passages over those that ate alfalfa sprouts which don't contain sulforphane.Just another reason to eat more of the yummy green trees, especially if you smoke or have asthma.
A study published in Clinical Immunology in March 2009 studied the effects of varying doses of eating broccoli sprouts and alfalfa sprouts with 65 participants. The participants who received broccoli sprouts had a 2 to 3 fold increase in antioxidant enzymes in the nasal passages over those that ate alfalfa sprouts which don't contain sulforphane.Just another reason to eat more of the yummy green trees, especially if you smoke or have asthma.
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