Broccoli Sprouts -- Tanya

[maouno]

I eat also a lot of broccoli sprouts. I don't know about phyto-estrogens, only I heard thet fennel is full of estrogen and not healthy for us.

[ElaineM]

I would think that in general sprouts or seeds of plants have a more concentrated form of whatever nutrients are in the plant itself.
Can you get broccoli seeds or sprouts to plant at home like you can plant other sprouts? That might be a fun experiment and a good way to get a fair amount of them anytime you want. I eat broccoli and/or other vegetables (various cabbages, cauliflour, brussel sprouts, kale etc.) in the same category everyday.

[1rarebird]

Since my original post on this topic I stopped supplementing with broccoli sprouts. This was after reading the strong opinion cited by a frequent and reliable contributor to the No Surrender Breast Cancer Survivor Forum http://www.nosurrenderbreastcancersu...+harm&trail=40 Basically, I don't know whether eating or not eating broccoli or its sprouts would help or hurt me. So I stopped.

In this sometimes crap shoot world of cancer, nutrition and supplements, I have often found conflicting statements on which is the best way to go. It is hard to be confident without lots of science backing up a particular strategy.

bird

I'm confused!?! Should we NOT eat broccoli sprouts & cruciferous vegetables? I thought those were cancer preventers? Please help to clarify. I welcome reponses from anyone. Thank you!

[ElaineM]

Personally I am still eating broccoli, cauliflour, various kinds of cabbage, and brussel spouts. I have read alot of different documents about these vegetables and I believe the benefits outway anything negative that can be said about them. Maybe Tanya will pop in and give her opinion about this soon.