The surprising healing properties of broccoli

Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UK) say that eating lots of broccoli can help slow down and even prevent arthritis. They are conducting human trials.

Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UK) say that eating lots of broccoli can help slow down and even prevent arthritis. They are conducting human trials.

The green mustard called Beneforte is a cross between a regular green mustard and a wild variety from Sicily, so it contains more nutrients than other green mustards.

Eating broccoli for two weeks is too short a time to make any big changes, but Ms Davidson, from the University of East Anglia, hopes to find evidence that the special cruciferous vegetable is beneficial to humans. "Although it cannot cure or reverse arthritis... it may be a way to prevent the disease," she said.

Tests on cells and mice show that a compound in broccoli can block a dangerous enzyme that destroys cartilage. Our bodies absorb this compound glucoraphanin and convert it into a substance called sulforaphane, which appears to protect the joints.

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