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05/15/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Broccoli extract found to dramatically reduce stroke damage to the brain … now Big Pharma wants to make a high-priced pill out of it

Big Pharma is at it again: Taking a naturally occurring, freely available and inexpensive commodity, and creating a “chemical,” patentable version that they can market and make millions of dollars off of. The U.K.’s Express is reporting that researchers funded by the British Heart Foundation are working hard to develop a pill made from broccoli […]

03/27/2017 / By Earl Garcia

Broccoli’s cancer prevention mechanism found to work on “non-coding RNA” to prevent formation of tumors

Cruciferous greens have long been heralded as potent disease fighters. Sulforaphane, a dietary compound found in cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli goes further into the DNA to halt cancer cells from proliferation, giving us more reasons to eat our vegetables. Researchers at the Oregon State University found that the anti-cancer compound helped regulate a certain type of long, non-coding RNA […]

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