Sulforaphane, found in baby broccoli, fires up enzymes that may stop breast-cancer cells from growing. Johns Hopkins University researchers discovered that broccoli sprouts have up to 20 times as much of this compound as fully grown plants. Pimp your sandwiches and salads with 1/2 cup of robustly flavored broccosprouts--developed by scientists at Johns Hopkins. A one-ounce serving contains 73 milligrams of the naturally occurring precursor of sulforaphane.
And because, naturally, I believe everything I read - especially if it's another reason for eating chocolate: the latest is that dark chocolate helps you build better bones. Woo!
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It sounds like I need to find out more about that, Leilani.
Off to buy baby food again. Rats! thought I was done with that.
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