Cruciferous vegetables
For nutrition to support epigenetics and inflammation
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Cruciferous vegetables support detoxification and healthy epigenetic patterns, especially when cooked or steamed.
Who is behind it
Voices including a nutritional sciences PhD, a licensed acupuncturist and clinician-educator and a registered dietitian.
How strong the research is
Mostly expert experience so far, with published research still catching up.
In their words
“I think it's just best to eat two or three servings of those cruciferous vegetables a day and that that's basically maxing out the calcium that you can get from them”
a nutritional sciences PhD
These foods activate sulforaphane which helps prevent estrogen from going down the harmful quinone pathway and supports phase two detoxification.
Steaming reduces goitrogen content by about one-third and decreases formation of more goitrogenic nitriles
Cruciferous vegetables are recommended for liver health.
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