/oss/taxonomy/term/1716/all en /oss/article/health-and-nutrition/unmentionable-effect-cruciferous-vegetables <hr /> <p><em>This article was first published in <a href="https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/facts-and-fiction-of-physiological-phenomena-food-for-thought/">The Skeptical Inquirer</a>.</em></p> <hr /> <p>While it’s true that cruciferous veggies like cabbage, arugula, broccoli, and cauliflower can lead to an increased rate of flatulence, these vegetables are far from the only culprits despite their reputations.</p> Fri, 01 Mar 2024 15:12:40 +0000 Ada McVean M.Sc. 9851 at /oss /oss/article/health-nutrition/broccoli-conundrum <p>Life is full of difficult decisions, isn’t it? Should you put broccoli on a pizza before or after sliding it into the oven? Fret not. This decision can be made a little easier by examining the properties of sulphoraphane, touted by a plethora of books, magazines, websites and nutritional gurus as being responsible for broccoli’s anti-cancer effect. But I’ll let you in on a secret. While sulphoraphane may have anti-cancer properties, it is not found in broccoli!</p> Fri, 01 Oct 2021 21:20:15 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 8886 at /oss /oss/article/uncategorized/yummy-broccoli <p>Say broccoli to kids and they say "yuck." Say broccoli to researchers at Johns Hopkins University and they say "yumm!" Maybe not for the taste, but for the vegetable's biological effects. Thanks mainly to the pioneering work of Professor Paul Talalay at Johns Hopkins, we know that broccoli, along with other "cruciferous" vegetables like cauliflower and Brussels sprouts contains glucoraphanin, a chemical that upon chewing is converted to sulphoraphane which in turn induces the formation of enzymes that ferry foreign substances out of the body.</p> Thu, 26 Jun 2014 13:30:42 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 2159 at /oss