Sulforaphane

What does Eating your Green’s do to your Genes?

Now, we’re sure when you were younger that your parents told you to eat your green vegetables, as apparently, they will keep us all fit and healthy.

Yes, they are packed full of beneficial vitamins and minerals that will do a whole variety of fantastic and important things within the body.

But what other special nutrients are hidden away and contained inside your greens?

Well one particular nutrient is a bioactive compound called Sulforaphane, which is found in certain cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, Bok choy and kale to name but a few.

Studies have already shown that sulforaphane exhibits antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties and may be beneficial against various diseases, such as autism, cancer, metabolic dysfunction, and may even help to reduce some of the harmful effects associated with exposure to air pollution.

Sulforaphane is produced when you chew or cut your cruciferous vegetables and two enzymes (Myrosinase and Glucoraphanin) mix and react.

You can also find various sulforaphane supplements, but you really need to be careful as the supplement market is a bit like to Wild West with either the manufactures not understanding how to design and formulate a supplement correctly, and/or cutting costs and putting an inferior product out to market to make a higher profit margin.

Many products on Amazon or Holland and Barrett etc will claim to contain sulforaphane when in fact they do not. If your products say broccoli seed extract or sulforaphane glucosinolate (sgs) it does not have any myrosinase and therefore will not liberate the sulforaphane, and in many ways you will be wasting your money.

We (Muhdo Health) have found that a dosage 20-40 mg of sulforaphane per day.

·       Contributes to balancing phase I and phase II detoxification.
·       Activates master gene regulator Nrf2.
·       Influences various pro-inflammatory genes such as NFkB, TNFa & COX-2.
·       Upregulates antioxidant capabilities through GSTP1 (Glutathione S-
transferase P1) with the protection of DNA from oxidative stress.