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Brocolli is the best food you can eat. Teenagers lurking here should eat at least 1-2 pounds of steamed broccoli a day.
Brocolli cures autism
Eating large amounts of broccoli has been shown to treat autism according to a research.
http://www.autismspeaks.org/science/science-news/broccoli-sprout-extract-shows-promise-easing-autism symptoms
Brocolli shown to help treat AGA
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26923074
This is part 1 of the brocolli theory posts. Next post will include evidence that sulforaphane can melt down visceral fat from your face(some posts on lookism already explain this tbhtbh) and how you can grow your own brocolli sprouts from brocolli, which have the highest concentration of sulforaphane.
Brocolli cures autism
Eating large amounts of broccoli has been shown to treat autism according to a research.
The researchers recruited 44 males aged 13 to 27 diagnosed with moderate to severe ASD. They were randomly assigned to take either sulforaphane or placebo by mouth for 18 weeks.
As this was a double-blind study, neither the doctors nor the participants knew which drug they were taking.
The dose of sulforaphane was 50 to 150 micromoles per day, depending on the participants' body weight. The sulforphane in this study was extracted from broccoli sprouts.
It was unclear exactly how many vegetables you would have to eat to achieve the same dose of sulphorphane used in this study.
Behaviour was assessed before the treatment, at weeks 4, 10 and 18 during the treatment, and 4 weeks after the treatment had finished.
Parents or caregivers rated the participants' behaviour using standard scales called the Aberrant Behaviour Checklist (ABC) and the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS), while the doctors completed the Clinical Global Impression Improvement (CGI-I) scale.
What were the basic results?
As this was a double-blind study, neither the doctors nor the participants knew which drug they were taking.
The dose of sulforaphane was 50 to 150 micromoles per day, depending on the participants' body weight. The sulforphane in this study was extracted from broccoli sprouts.
It was unclear exactly how many vegetables you would have to eat to achieve the same dose of sulphorphane used in this study.
Behaviour was assessed before the treatment, at weeks 4, 10 and 18 during the treatment, and 4 weeks after the treatment had finished.
Parents or caregivers rated the participants' behaviour using standard scales called the Aberrant Behaviour Checklist (ABC) and the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS), while the doctors completed the Clinical Global Impression Improvement (CGI-I) scale.
What were the basic results?
On average, the 26 people taking sulforaphane showed statistically significant improvement at weeks 4, 10 and 18, compared with 14 people taking placebo for:
irritability, lethargy, stereotypy (repetitive movements) and hyperactivity according to the ABC scale
awareness, communication, motivation and mannerism according to the SRS scale
At 18 weeks, there was "much" or "very much" improvement in the CGI-I scale scores for:
social interaction in 12 people (46%) on sulforaphane compared with none (0%) taking placebo
aberrant behaviour in 14 people (54%) on sulforaphane compared with 1 person (9%) on placebo
verbal communication in 11 people (42%) on sulforaphane compared with none (0%) taking placebo
The improvements were no longer present when participants had stopped taking the sulforaphane.
Four people did not attend the first follow-up visit: this comprised three who had been allocated to take sulforaphane and one who had been given the placebo.
People taking sulforaphane gained an average of 4.31 pounds over the 18-week period, compared with 0.31 pounds in the placebo group.
One participant on sulforaphane had a seizure after taking it for three weeks, with no previous history of seizures. Another participant had a history of epilepsy and was taking medication, but he had a seizure three weeks after stopping sulforaphane.
irritability, lethargy, stereotypy (repetitive movements) and hyperactivity according to the ABC scale
awareness, communication, motivation and mannerism according to the SRS scale
At 18 weeks, there was "much" or "very much" improvement in the CGI-I scale scores for:
social interaction in 12 people (46%) on sulforaphane compared with none (0%) taking placebo
aberrant behaviour in 14 people (54%) on sulforaphane compared with 1 person (9%) on placebo
verbal communication in 11 people (42%) on sulforaphane compared with none (0%) taking placebo
The improvements were no longer present when participants had stopped taking the sulforaphane.
Four people did not attend the first follow-up visit: this comprised three who had been allocated to take sulforaphane and one who had been given the placebo.
People taking sulforaphane gained an average of 4.31 pounds over the 18-week period, compared with 0.31 pounds in the placebo group.
One participant on sulforaphane had a seizure after taking it for three weeks, with no previous history of seizures. Another participant had a history of epilepsy and was taking medication, but he had a seizure three weeks after stopping sulforaphane.
http://www.autismspeaks.org/science/science-news/broccoli-sprout-extract-shows-promise-easing-autism symptoms
Brocolli shown to help treat AGA
Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) causes the regression of human hair follicles in the parietal scalp, leading to androgenic alopecia (AGA). Sulforaphane (SFN) increases the expression of DHT degrading enzymes, such as 3α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases (3α-HSDs), and, therefore, SFN treatment may improve AGA. To determine the effects of SFN on hair growth, we administered SFN (10 mg/kg BW, IP) or vehicle (DMSO) to ob/ob mice for six weeks and examined hair regeneration and the plasma levels of testosterone and DHT. We also tested the effects of SFN on the expression of two forms of 3α-HSD, aldo-keto reductase 1c21 and dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR family) member 9, both in vitro and in vivo. SNF significantly enhanced hair regeneration in ob/ob mice. The mice treated with SFN showed lower plasma levels of testosterone and DHT than those treated with vehicle. SFN increased the mRNA and protein levels of the two forms of 3α-HSD in the liver of the mice and in cultured murine hepatocyte Hepa1c1c7 cells. These results suggest that SFN treatment increases the amount of 3α-HSDs in the liver, accelerates the degradation of blood DHT, and subsequently blocks the suppression of hair growth by DHT.
This is part 1 of the brocolli theory posts. Next post will include evidence that sulforaphane can melt down visceral fat from your face(some posts on lookism already explain this tbhtbh) and how you can grow your own brocolli sprouts from brocolli, which have the highest concentration of sulforaphane.
