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There's two FoundMyFitness podcasts that positively impacted my life. I've been telling everyone I know to try a broccoli sprout smoothie because of the outstan

There's two FoundMyFitness podcasts that positively impacted my life. I've been telling everyone I know to try a broccoli sprout smoothie because of the outstanding effect it's been having on my health. I suspect a fair number of HN readers might also benefit from giving it a try. Since this is still an active research topic I think it prudent to remind readers to take all health or medical claims with a grain of salt. My first smoothie caused a physiological reaction and it lit up something in my brain. A while after drinking it I messaged a few friends to tell them that I value our friendship. It appears to make you less autistic, or something along those lines. There appear to be additional positive effects, although I hesitate to describe them because they even sounds like bullshit to my own ears. "Sulforaphane and Its Effects on Cancer, Mortality, Aging, Brain and Behavior, Heart Disease & More" [0]: > Isothiocyanates are some of the most important plant compounds you can get in your diet. In this video I make the most comprehensive case for them that has ever been made. Short attention span? Skip to your favorite topic by clicking one of the time points below. Full timeline below the fold... "Jed Fahey, Sc.D. on Isothiocyanates, the Nrf2 Pathway, Moringa & Sulforaphane Supplementation" [1]: > Dr. Jed W. Fahey is a nutritional biochemist with broad training and extensive background in plant physiology, human nutrition, phytochemistry and nutritional biochemistry. He is the director of the Cullman Chemoprotection Center at Johns Hopkins. > The reason I've asked him to join us today, in particular, however, is because he has been researching isothiocyanates like sulforaphane for over 20 years and is an exceptional expert in this arena. > Dr. Fahey and his colleagues have been, in a big way, at the absolute center of what is a staggering amount of research on these very powerful compounds. > There is hardly a topic which we can discuss in which he doesn't have an anecdote about a study he was involved in, or, in some cases, tribal knowledge that may not even be published but is nonetheless interesting and an important part of the story that is unique to his particular vantage point. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz4YVJ4aRfg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz4YVJ4aRfg [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0lBVCpq8jc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0lBVCpq8jc

biotney 7y ago
Can you provide the link to the broccoli sprout smoothie?
- TheAceOfHearts 7y ago
  I've been following this guide [0] to increase the sulforaphane content of the broccoli sprouts. After heating them up I throw em in a blender with a bit of water and a sprinkling of ground mustard seeds to help further increase the sulforaphane content or its bio-availability. The taste is pretty bad, so I can only stomach around 4oz of broccoli sprouts. I've bought my sprouts at either Whole Foods or Sprouts. In the video interview with Jed Fahey, he mentions that the supplement Avmacol is being used in numerous trials and it has pretty good bio-availability. I switched over to that at the start of the year because the though of having to drink one of those smoothies every day fills me with sorrow. But prior to that I'd been drinking the smoothies for a few months. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7buU-PK7_I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7buU-PK7_I
cprayingmantis 7y ago
Could I just eat the sprouts in a salad of sorts? Smoothies aren't really my thing.
- jfengel 7y ago
  Yes, you absolutely can. They make a sharper alternative to cabbage in a slaw. I tend to slice then fairly thin, as they can be tough to chew, but having done that you can use them in a lot of raw applications.

biotney 7y ago

Can you provide the link to the broccoli sprout smoothie?

TheAceOfHearts 7y ago
I've been following this guide [0] to increase the sulforaphane content of the broccoli sprouts. After heating them up I throw em in a blender with a bit of water and a sprinkling of ground mustard seeds to help further increase the sulforaphane content or its bio-availability. The taste is pretty bad, so I can only stomach around 4oz of broccoli sprouts. I've bought my sprouts at either Whole Foods or Sprouts. In the video interview with Jed Fahey, he mentions that the supplement Avmacol is being used in numerous trials and it has pretty good bio-availability. I switched over to that at the start of the year because the though of having to drink one of those smoothies every day fills me with sorrow. But prior to that I'd been drinking the smoothies for a few months. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7buU-PK7_I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7buU-PK7_I

cprayingmantis 7y ago

Could I just eat the sprouts in a salad of sorts? Smoothies aren't really my thing.

jfengel 7y ago
Yes, you absolutely can. They make a sharper alternative to cabbage in a slaw. I tend to slice then fairly thin, as they can be tough to chew, but having done that you can use them in a lot of raw applications.