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Broccoli Joins The Array Of Weapons Against Heart Disease

January 22, 2008 at 3:41 PM Diet & Nutrition News

Researchers at the University of Connecticut led by an Indian boffin have revealed that eating broccoli can effectively fight heart disease. Broccoli has always been a rich source of antioxidants, vitamins, and fibre that may protect against cancer. The new study led by Dipak K. Das has found that it may benefit the heart.

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The team conducted the research using rats where they gave broccoli extract to lab rats for one month and examined its effects on the rats� heart muscle.

The findings revealed that broccoli-fed animals had improved heart function and reduced heart muscle damage when deprived of oxygen compared to control group that ate a regular diet.

Researchers believe that broccoli�s beneficial effects are likely due to its high concentrations of certain substances that seem to boost levels of a heart-protective protein called thioredoxin.

The study is scheduled to be published in Jan 23 issue of ACS� Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

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