Broccoli Stalks Disease and Tumors Like a Guard Dog
Science has proven time after time that food is potent medicine. Broccoli, for example, has a solid scientific foundation showing it's one of the most valuable health-promoting foods around. While it contains several health-promoting compounds, one of the most widely studied is sulforaphane. The cancer-fighting properties of sulforaphane are perhaps the most well-known, but it has also been shown to benefit your heart and brain, boosting detoxification 1 and helping prevent and/or treat high blood pressure, 2 heart disease, Alzheimer's 3 and even autism. 4 , 5 , 6 Now, researchers report sulforaphane may also be helpful in the treatment of schizophrenia. 7 , 8 , 9 S_DEREVIANKO / GETTY IMAGES Sulforaphane May Improve Cognition An initial study, 10 published in Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience in 2015, involved just 10 outpatients with schizophrenia. Patients were given 30 milligrams (mg) of sulforaphane glucosinolate per day for eight weeks. As r...