CHEM 181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Graham Flour, Watercress, Isothiocyanate
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Individual foods are not necessarily healthy or unhealthy. The idea of health food goes back to the time of hippocrates. A vegetable very much like broccoli or cauliflower. Established a hospital near a stream because watercress was growing near that stream. And he thought watercress was a superfood (cid:862)clea(cid:374)se the (cid:271)lood(cid:863) People were eating watercress soup in the 17th century. Found that a bowl full of watercress every day for 8 weeks reduced dna damage in white blood cells by 23% in 60 healthy volunteers. Even though a diet that contains good naturals foods is better. Found that this interferes with the growth of blood vessels that supply oxygen to tumors. So, we should be eating more of it! University of southampton also carried out a study. But what is good for health food stores is to put something into an extract and to sell it all over the place.
