Good afternoon everyone! Hopefully we can combat the Monday blues! I have been trying to write this blog for over a week and I'm determined to get it in today (yeah definitely published this on Thursday...). As we know all vegetables are amazing but I wanted to let everyone know about some that are extra amazing, at least when fighting (cue scary horror music in background) cancer! Below is a list of cruciferous vegetables, known as such because their flowers have four equally spaced petals in the shape of a cross. But enough about their looks the exciting part is their insides! All vegetables contain micro nutrients and phytochemicals, but these guys also have sulfur containing compounds. (normally when I think of sulfur i think of those terrible smelling yellow nuggets in high school chem class!-but that doesn't apply to these vegetables!) When you blend or chop the vegetables the sulfur compounds to isothiocyanates (ITCs) which are compounds with proven anti-cancer activities. These compounds remove carcinogens, kill cancer cells, and some have anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, or immunologic effects (helps your immune system function better). There is so much more information on these but I figure this will due for now. Let me know if you'd like more! Below is a list of the veggies that are in this category.
List of cruciferous vegetables:
• Arugula
• Bok choy
• Broccoli
• Broccoli rabe
• Broccolini
• Brussels sprouts
• Cabbage
• Cauliflower
• Collards
• Horseradish
• Kale
• Kohlrabi
• Mache
• Mustard greens
• Radish
• Red cabbage
• Rutabaga
• Turnips
• Turnip greens
• Watercress
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