Sometimes the Enzyme Myth Is True
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2012-03-20

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DESCRIPTION: There are a few examples of plant enzymes having physiologically relevant impacts on the human diet, and the formation of sulforaphane in broccoli is one of them. Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/videos/sometimes-the-enzyme-myth-is-true/ and I'll try to answer it! If you're new to sulforaphane, check out my recent videos Broccoli Versus Breast Cancer Stem Cells (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/broccoli-versus-breast-cancer-stem-cells/) and Sulforaphane: From Broccoli to Breast (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/sulforaphane-from-broccoli-to-breast/). For more videos on raw food diets check out Raw Food Diet Myths (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/raw-food-diet-myths/), Best Cooking Method (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/best-cooking-method/), and Raw Food Nutrient Absorption (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/raw-food-nutrient-absorption-2/). And for more on keeping our good bacteria happy, see these 9 videos on gut flora (http://nutritionfacts.org/topics/gut-flora/), including one on how the phytonutrients in flax seeds go through a similar transformation in our gut, Just the Flax, Ma'am (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/just-the-flax-maam/). Then of course there are hundreds of other videos on 1200 or so topics (http://nutritionfacts.org/topics/). Note that one of the sources for this video is open access, so you can download it by clicking on the link above in the Sources Cited section.

Also, please check out my associated blog post: http://nutritionfacts.org/blog/2012/04/12/the-best-detox/!

Image Credit: Jawahar Swaminathan via Wikimedia Commons, and Whole Foods.

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