Fortified Flax Hulls (with Broccoli Sprouts) | |
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Fortified Flax ingredients |
Glucoraphanin - structure/role |
Sulforaphane - What is it | |
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Breast Cancer - reports and trials |
Testimonies from producer |
New Therapies for Psoriasis |
HRT - a significant breast cancer risk |
Importance of fibre in diet |
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Milk may lower colon cancer risk |
Study cast doubt on soy as menopause aid |
Warning over HRT long-term use |
Study shows Lignans help with hair loss |
The First Steps to a Strong Immune System |
Sulforaphane effective against H. Pylori |
Sulforaphane - could fight Leukemia, cancers |
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Glucoraphanin - Structure / Role
Glucoraphanin - Structure
Glucoraphanin is one of a group of chemicals that act as an indirect antioxidant that raises the body's
antioxidant defense systems. It's found naturally in broccoli and broccoli sprouts. (see chemical structure at right)
Glucoraphanin - Role
Glucoraphanin from broccoli and broccoli sprouts protect against cancer and other oxidative and degenerative
diseases.
The cancer protective effects of broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables have been well documented in the epidemiologic literature over the
past 25 years. Glucosinolates, (e.g. “glucoraphanin” in broccoli), are maintained stably in tissues of cruciferous plants and converted to
reactive isothiocyanates, (e.g. “sulforaphane” in broccoli), by an enzyme (myrosinase) which is physically segregated from its substrate.
Myrosinase is thus only released upon chewing or other damage to that plant tissue but it is also present in the gastrointestinal microflora
of healthy human beings. When broccoli and broccoli sprouts are consumed, glucoraphanin is converted to sulforaphane, rapidly absorbed,
transported systemically in the blood, metabolized, conjugated, and excreted in the urine. In the process of uptake and elimination from the
cells, it induces the formation of a variety of detoxifying and antioxidant peptides and proteins. Additionally, it exerts a direct antibiotic
effect on some microbes such as Helicobacter pylori, which infects at least 50% of human beings worldwide, is the causative agent of ulcers
and gastritis, and is a major risk factor for the development of gastric cancer. Broccoli and broccoli sprouts have thus been hypothesized to
play a role in the amelioration of gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, and stomach cancer as well as a variety of oxidative and degenerative
conditions including cancers at a variety of organ sites, age-related macular degeneration, and hypertension. Understanding precisely how
glucoraphanin/sulforaphane fits into this preventive spectrum requires a thorough knowledge of its pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics and the
possible confounding effects of other substances in the diet. Complete appreciation of the effects of dietary delivery of these compounds on
health-span is even more complicated, as it requires an understanding of their bioavailability from a complex food matrix.
J. W. FAHEY, Dept. of Pharmacology & Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins Univ. School of Medicine, Brassica Chemoprotection Lab., 725 N.
Wolfe St., 406 WBSB, Baltimore, MD 21205
Sulforaphane is effective in fighting Helicobacter pylori
See below for a sample of the Fortified Flax Jar
Each jar contains 180gm of natural organic flax hulls with 3-day old broccoli sprouts

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