| Food sources include cruciferous vegetables, garden sorrel, horseradish, mustard and turnip greens, rutabagas, radishes, and watercress.
Type: Dithiolthiones
Dithiolthiones suppress tumor growth and protect against DNA damage from carcinogens in tobacco smoke, helping to inhibit lung cancer. The best food source is broccoli.
Type: Isothiocyanates
Isothiocyanates protect against breast cancer, stimulate anticancer enzymes, inhibit enzymes that initiate cancer, and help rid the body of carcinogens contained in cigarette smoke. | | Food sources include cruciferous vegetables (particularly broccoli), garden sorrel, horseradish, mustard and turnip greens, radishes, rutabagas, and watercress.
Subclass: Tocopherols and Tocotrienols
The phytochemicals in this subclass act as antioxidants and protect against cancer, heart disease, and strokes. | | Food sources include cabbage and other cruciferous vegetables, garden sorrel, horseradish, kale, mustard greens, radishes, rutabagas, scallions, spinach, turnips, and watercress.
Sulfurophane protects against breast cancer, activates the liver to produce enzymes that bind to carcinogens and transport them out of cells, inhibits enzymes that contribute to cancer, and helps to rid the body of carcinogens contained in cigarette smoke. | | Food sources include cabbage and other cruciferous vegetables, garden sorrel, horseradish, kale, mustard greens, radishes, rutabagas, scallions, spinach, turnips, and watercress.
Subclass: Indoles
Indoles protect against breast and ovarian cancers by helping to prevent abnormal stimulation of estrogen. Indoles also inhibit enzymes that initiate cancer, and help to rid the body of carcinogens contained in cigarette smoke. Other benefits include improved immune response, retarded tumor growth, and assistance in the excretion of toxins from the body. |
Steven G. Pratt, M.D. and Kathy Matthews
See book keywords and concepts |  I'll give you some ideas here on how to get more broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables into your life.
One of the excellent features of broccoli is its ready availability. It's in season October through May, but it's easy to find in supermarkets all year long. While broccoli is probably most nutritious when bought at a roadside stand from an organic farmer, even frozen broccoli packs a valuable nutritional wallop. If buying it fresh, it pays to look for young broccoli: older broccoli can be tough and can also have a strong odor. |
Arthur C. Upton, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | These include isothiocyanates, found in cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli and cauliflower; tannins, found in Chinese green teas; and triterpenoids and isoflavones, found in licorice-root extract and cruciferous vegetables. To what extent these substances and vitamins confer anticancer benefits is under study; present data are very limited and insufficient to allow strong statements to be made about their protective effects.
These dietary compounds are thought to block the action of cancer-causing chemicals. |
Bill Gottlieb
See book keywords and concepts |  You might also want to avoid cruciferous vegetables," he says. "Some babies won't drink milk from mothers who eat a lot of cruciferous vegetables."
Herbal Therapy
Fennel is a well-known folk remedy that can help first-time mothers increase their milk production, says San Francisco herbalist Jeanne Rose, author of Jeanne Rose's Modern Herbal and several other herb books. "We don't really know why it works—it may stimulate hormone production—but it does help get the milk flowing." She recommends starting each day by drinking a cup of fennel seed tea. |
Patrick Holford
See book keywords and concepts |  Isothiocyanates (ITCs) and indoles: These are plentiful in cruciferous vegetables, which include broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, cress, horseradish, kale, kohlrabi, mustard, radishes, and turnips. One of the highest food sources is Broccolini, which is a cross between kale and broccoli. Strawberries and raspberries are another rich source.
Eating fruit or vegetables rich in ITCs is now linked to a lower incidence of cancer, particularly of the colon. |
Steven G. Pratt, M.D. and Kathy Matthews
See book keywords and concepts | | Some quick ways to get cruciferous vegetables on the table:
¦ Keep fresh or frozen broccoli on hand to use in stir-fries.
¦ Puree leftover broccoli with some sauteed onions and mix with low-fat milk or soymilk and add a grind or two of nutmeg for a great fast soup.
• Toss shredded raw broccoli with red cabbage and red onion, some homemade vinaigrette, and maybe some poppy seeds, for a quick slaw.
¦ I snack on leftover cooked broccoli just as it comes from the fridge; it's also good with some salad dressing and toasted sesame seeds. | | About 25 percent of the population inherit an aversion to the bitter taste of cruciferous vegetables. If this describes you, add salt, since that makes them taste sweeter. Use them in a stir-fry with low-sodium soy sauce or add them to casseroles and lasagnes.
BROCCOLI II THE KITCHEN
The good news about broccoli is that it's one of our most popular vegetables; the bad news is that we're not eating enough of it. In one study, only 3 percent of Americans surveyed reported eating broccoli in the prior twenty-four-hour period. What vegetables and fruits are we eating instead? | | Broccoli and cruciferous vegetables are bone builders. One cup of raw broccoli provides 41 milligrams of calcium along with 79 milligrams of vitamin C, which promotes the absorption of calcium. While this is not a huge amount of calcium, it's at a low cost of calories and with the benefit of the many other nutrients in broccoli. Whole milk and other full-fat dairy products, long touted as the main sources of calcium, contain no vitamin C and are often loaded with saturated fat and many more calories than the 25 in 1 cup of raw, chopped broccoli. | | A very recent meta-analysis, which reviewed the results of eighty-seven case-controlled studies, confirmed once again that broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables lower the risk of cancer. As little as 10 grams a day of crucifers (less than % cup of chopped raw cabbage or chopped raw broccoli) can have a significant effect on your risk for developing cancer. Indeed, eating broccoli or its sidekicks is like getting a natural dose of chemoprevention. |
Dianne Onstad
See book keywords and concepts |  Genistein A compound found in high concentrations in soybeans and alfalfa sprouts, as well as in cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli and cabbage. Genistein aids menopausal symptoms, inhibits angiogenesis, and may block some cancers.
Glucose A simple sugar used by the body for quick energy.
Glutathione ("ailed the "supreme antioxidant," glutathione is touted to be able to tevetse DNA damage caused by X-rays, excessive sunlight, tobacco smoke, estrogen, drugs, toxins, and other dangerous environmental substances. A deficiency of this enzyme is associated with hemolytic anemia. |
Earl L. Mindell, RPh, PhD with Virginia Hopkins, MA
See book keywords and concepts | | Eating large amounts of cruciferous vegetables such as cabbage and brussels sprouts, carbohydrates such as crackers, dates, and jellies, and foods high in pectin such as apples increases the effects of acetaminophen.
Aspirin and Similar Drugs (Salicylates)
Aspirin (Bayer, St. |
David Hoffman, FNIMH, AHG
See book keywords and concepts |  Glucosinolates are P-thioglucoside A/-hydroxysulfates, which are primarily found in cruciferous vegetables, such as cabbage, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, bok choy, and kale.
Chemically, glucosinolates are nitrogen-sulfur compounds with the same basic formula; one sulfur atom is bonded to glucose as the 5-glucoside and the other sulfur is present as the oxygen-linked sulfate anion. About 80 glucosinolates are known. The majority of glucosinolates are aliphatic, and the remainder are benzyl or indole derivatives. The best-known aliphatic derivatives are sinigrin and glucocapparin. | | This enzyme is present in cruciferous vegetables and activated upon the breakup of the vegetables during cooking or the grinding action of teeth. Indole-3-carbinol may modulate estrogen metabolism.16 It may also have antioxidant and antiatherogenic activities.
GUMS AND MUCILAGES
Gums, like acacia and tragacanth, and mucilages, such as those from flaxseed, psyllium seed, and marshmallow root, are found in many plants. They are usually formed from the cell wall or deposited on it in layers. They consist of monosaccharides and uronic acid units. | | Regular consumption of cruciferous vegetables (such as cabbage and broccoli) is associated with reduced rates of colon, lung, and other cancers in humans. This has led to the hypothesis that cancer may be a disease of maladaptation to diets that lack a rich variety of these compounds.99
ANTIVIRAL AGENTS
The term antiviral is used in many ways, depending on what endpoint criteria are used. In theory, an antiviral compound can work in one of several different manners. Some exert a direct virucidal effect, inhibiting viral replication in the infected host. | | Eat vegetables, especially cruciferous vegetables. DEPRESSION
A disorder marked especially by sadness, inactivity, difficulty with thinking and concentration, a significant increase or decrease in appetite and time spent sleeping, feelings of dejection and hopelessness, and sometimes suicidal thoughts or an attempt to commit suicide. (The Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary)
Depression is a state of mind familiar to almost everyone in one form or another. | | These glucosinolates are believed to be responsible for the lowered risk of cancer associated with the consumption of cruciferous vegetables.15 They appear to be especially protective against breast and cervical cancer. One reason for this may be an ability to increase the breakdown of estrogens.16 Estradiol, for example, may have carcinogenic properties when its levels become high, while the other estrogens have noncarcinogenic or perhaps even anticarcinogenic properties. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
See book keywords and concepts |  Food sources include cereal grains, cruciferous vegetables, citrus fruits, and licorice root.
Class: Phenols/Phenolic Compounds/ Polyphenols/Polyphenolic Compounds
This class of phytochemicals blocks the enzymes that cause inflammation, protects against inflammatory reactions caused by solar radiation, lowers the risk of heart disease and stroke, helps to prevent cell mutation, inhibits tumor formation and growth, and inhibits the production of prostaglandin, which causes blood clotting. |
The Life Extension Editorial Staff
See book keywords and concepts |  Phyto Food Powder (broccoli, cabbage, and other cruciferous vegetables that provide sul-phoraphane and other cancer-fighting plant extracts), 1—2 tbsp daily.
7. Se-methylselenocysteine, 200-400 meg daily.
8. CoQiq,' 100 mg 3 times daily. Note the caution stated in this protocol.
9. Mega EPA (with DHA), 8 capsules daily, supplying 3200 mg of EPA and 2400 mg of DHA. Take with nonfiber meals.
10. Vitamin D3, 4000-6000 IU taken daily on an empty stomach with monthly blood testing to monitor for toxicity. Reduce dosage at 6 months.
11. |
Barnet Meltzer, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Other cruciferous vegetables include cabbage, kale, Brussels sprouts, broccoli rabe, bok choy cauliflower, mustard greens, and turnip greens. All of these contain the phytonutrient sulphoraphane, as well as other isocyan-othianates which stimulate the liver to secrete enzymes that detoxify and dispose of carcinogenic metabolites. cruciferous vegetables also have indoles, which can inactivate potentially damaging estrogens, and quercetin, which energizes the liver and spleen.
4. Royal Jelly
Royal jelly is a miracle food brought to us by bees. |
Sheldon Saul Hendler and David Rorvik
See book keywords and concepts |  Glucosinolates are beta-thioglucoside N-hydroxy-sulfates, which are primarily found in cruciferous vegetables (cabbage, broccoli sprouts, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, bok choy and kale).
Indole-3-carbinol may have cancer chemopreventive activity. Glucosinolates themselves have minimal anticancer activity. Indole-3-carbinol is produced from indole-3-gluco-sinolate via the action of the enzyme myrosinase (thiogluco-side glucohydrolase), an enzyme which is present in cruciferous vegetables and activated upon maceration of the vegetables. |
James A. Duke, Ph.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  All of the cruciferous vegetables gently and naturally suppress thyroid hormone production, but radishes do it best, according to medical anthropologist John Heinerman, Ph.D., author of Heinermans Encyclopedia of Fruits, Vegetables and Herbs. cruciferous vegetables include broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, mustard greens, radishes, rutabagas and turnips. Radishes are used in Russia precisely for this purpose.
Hangover
I'm what I call an antisocial drinker. |
Andrew L. Stoll
See book keywords and concepts |  Leafy and cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli are excellent sources of vitamins, minerals, and fiber. Dark-green leafy vegetables such as kale, spinach, parsley, and cruciferous vegetables contain coenzyme Q10 and glutathione, both components of cell-protecting antioxidant systems. Richly pigmented fruits and vegetables such as blueberries, cantaloupe, watermelon, and red peppers also provide antioxidant phytochemicals. Tomatoes contain both alpha- and beta-carotene, as well as lycopene, an extremely powerful antioxidant. |
The Life Extension Editorial Staff
See book keywords and concepts | | The reported aversion to cruciferous vegetables by pregnant women may be associated with their ability to change estrogen metabolism. Estrogen is a growth factor for the fetus.
Curcumin
Curcumin is extracted from the spice turmeric and is responsible for the orange/yellow pigment that gives the spice its unique color. Turmeric is a perennial herb of the ginger family and a major component of curry powder. It has been safely used for centuries by Chinese and Indian people, both in herbal medicine and in food preparation.
Curcumin has a number of biological effects in the body. |
Donald R. Yance, j r.,C.N., M.H., A.H.G., with Arlene Valentine
See book keywords and concepts |  Cruciferous Vegetables
Eat cruciferous vegetables daily, or eat at least five servings per week. Cabbage, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, kale, collards, turnips, and radishes are among the most common. It is best not to eat them raw, because in their raw form they contain high amounts of goitrogens, thyroid suppressing agents that are removed during the cooking process. Since many people with cancer have slightly underactive thyroids, it's a good idea to avoid goitrogens when possible. |
Earl Mindell
See book keywords and concepts |  The combination of all these potent antioxidants in cruciferous vegetables has been found to help protect against many forms of cancer.
Food and Supplement Advice: Despite the nutritional benefits of cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, kale, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, bok choy, and others, they're not high on most people's favorite foods list. Fortunately, many of the beneficial substances in these vegetables can now be obtained in supplement form. |
The Life Extension Editorial Staff
See book keywords and concepts | | Individuals who regularly consume fish and cruciferous vegetables appear to lessen their risk of developing multiple myeloma (Brown et al. 2001).
Studies that evaluate the response of a drug or a nutrient when administered to sick animals yield valuable information. For example, researchers at Colorado State University evaluated 32 dogs with Stage III lymphoma and their response to a dietary and chemothet-apeutic regime. All of the animals were fed identical diets, but they received varying types of oils. | | Eating yellow-orange vegetables reduces it 33%, and cruciferous vegetables reduce it 39%. Findings are consistent across ethnicities, indicating that isoflavones, not genes, are responsible for the reductions in risk (Kolonel et al. 2000). These risk reduction numbers for soy are almost identical to those reported for rodents eating soy. An analysis of data collected from 12,395 Seventh-Day Adventist men indicates that more than one serving pet day of soymilk can teduce the risk of prostate cancer 70% (Jacobsen et al. 1998). |
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