Detecting 'weapons' against disease in cauliflower

Scientists have discovered one more reason why you should put cauliflower on your regular diet: a chemical only in cauliflower that helps "charge" energy for our body cells.

The conclusion was drawn after scientists from Norwich Food Research Institute in England gave volunteers daily to eat cauliflower for three months. The team conducted blood tests of volunteers, both male and female, before and after eating the vegetables.

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In the trial, 19 people ate 400g of cauliflower / week, which is equivalent to about 3 small cauliflower flowers daily and other common foods within 3 months. The second group of 19 others ate a "super cauliflower" called Beneforte , which was bred to have higher levels of glucoraphanin. A group of 19 thirds eat beans instead of cauliflower.

The results showed that eating a rich glucoraphanin cauliflower led to an improvement in the multitude of different chemical reactions taking place inside the mitochondria, organelles that act as tiny, bow batteries. energize the cell. Thus, glucoraphanin - the substance that only exists in cauliflower, "charges" energy to mitochondria, helps these organelles remain stable.

The whole process will ultimately contribute to helping the human body prevent health problems, including cancer, cardiovascular diseases and aging.

The researchers added that, in order to have the same effect as when using Beneforte cauliflower , you need to eat 3 times the usual amount of cauliflower.