We have posted that sulforaphane in broccoli may be beneficial in many environmental illnesses including fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. In 2017, a study was published that increasing the expression of Nrf2 by adding broccoli and cabbage may also be beneficial for losing weight. The researchers for this study found two new physiological effects of sulforaphane that include "1) ameliorating obesity by browning of adipocytes to augment energy consumption and 2) improving 'obese' gut bacterial flora caused by high-fat diet and metabolic endotoxemia." Read the article...
Sulforaphane, a phytochemical in broccoli sprouts, ameliorates obesity. Kanazawa University. EurekAlert. March 7, 2017. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-03/ku-sap030517.php
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