KOMPAS.com - Broccoli is often cited as one of the powerful food-prevent-even cure cancer. This green vegetable is rich in nutrients, consisting of fiber, vitamin C and beta carotene. Broccoli also contain sulforaphane and myrosinase, which if combined, would give this vegetable anti-cancer benefits.
In order for all of these nutrients can be absorbed well and able to deliver its main benefits, how to cook it?
If cooked too ripe, myrosinase or cancer-fighting agent in broccoli could be damaged. In order for this benefit is not lost, kukuslah broccoli for 2-4 minutes, long before the vegetables are soft. Then, according to research from the University of Illinois, published in the journal Nutrition and Cancer, consumption of three to five servings of broccoli in a week.
The researchers also suggested to sprinkle the broccoli shoots, which is not less efficacious. In a lot of broccoli sprouts that myrosinase is obtained, and almost double the earlier the cancer preventive agents. Other sources of myrosinase were arugula leaves (commonly called rocket, which is popular in Italian cuisine), radish, mustard, and wasabi.
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Sunday 29 January 2012
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