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Lightly cooked broccoli boosts the body’s ability to fight off cell damage

How broccoli can reduce risk of a heart attack

Eating steamed broccoli reduces the risk of a heart attack by boosting the body’s ability to fight off cell damage, researchers have found.

Previous studies have found people who eat broccoli, especially if raw or lightly cooked, are at lower risk of heart disease and some cancers.

…the brassica family of vegetables, including cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage and Brussels sprouts, provide antioxidants that prevent the build-up of free radicals.

Broccoli in particular contains sulforaphane, which triggers production of proteins that are part of the body’s cardiovascular defence system.

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Update on Raw Almond Controversy

In January, the U.S. Department of Agriculture shocked health-seeking Americans by announcing it would require virtually all almonds to be “pasteurized” by September 1, 2007, after a couple of salmonella outbreaks in 2001 and 2004 were traced back to raw almonds.

As I’ve reported previously, not only are you losing yet another healthy whole food source, but that very fact is also being hidden from you through the approved use of false labeling, by allowing treated almonds to be labeled and sold as “raw.”

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