Broccoli is your best friend this season.
We know all about the health benefits of green veggies, but there’s a reason you should be opting specifically for broccoli and broccoli sprouts: a little-known nutrient called sulforaphane.
Etymologically-minded readers might have already drawn the connection between the sulfury smell of the crucifer and this important phytonutrient. Sulforaphane not only promotes and induces your body’s natural detoxing capabilities, but it also supports your immune system, and it's anti-inflammatory to boot.
Sulforaphane hasn’t gotten much press to date, but this has nothing to do with its powerful health benefits.
“Sulforaphane is not as widely known, as it influences complex mechanisms at the molecular level,” explains Brian Cornblatt, PhD, Medical Director at Nutramax Laboratories and Avmacol. “The phytochemical’s name is also quite complicated to say; it would be far easier to describe as ‘the health benefits of broccoli.’”