They fed healthy overweight folks raw broccoli sprouts for 10 weeks and IL-6 and C-Reactive Protein went way down!

[Bolt_Upright]

Healthy adults with overweight who consumed fresh broccoli sprouts daily for 10 weeks experienced a 38% reduction in interleukin-6 and a 59% reduction in C-reactive protein, two biomarkers associated with inflammation, according to findings published in Clinical Nutrition. healio.com/news/endocrinolo...

Researchers gave participants fresh, raw broccoli sprouts weekly (seven trays of sprouts, 30 g each) for 10 weeks; sprouts were consumed daily as part of a normal diet. Participants were asked to avoid cooking the sprouts. After the intervention, participants were followed for 90 days and asked not to consume broccoli sprouts during that time. Fasting blood samples and 24-hour urine samples were collected at baseline and days 70, 90 and 160.

Here is the complete paper: sci-hub.se/10.1016/j.clnu.2...

So they were eating 30 grams of raw broccoli sprouts a day for 10 weeks. Also, if you read the paper, "The sprouts were biostimulated with methyl jasmonate 250 mM, for 4 days previous to delivery, in order to increase up to 2-fold levels the production of bioactive compounds", so I guess I need 60 grams of untreated sprouts.

This part is really cool. Check out the image. They stopped the broccoli sprouts at 70 days. The IL-6 continued to drop until day 90, and was still 50% lower than baseline at day 160.

[Rebtar]

How much is 39 gm? In cups?

[Bolt_Upright in reply to Rebtar]

So their study used 30 grams, but it was treated to (up to) double the effectiveness.

I weighed out 40 grams of sprouts and then put it in a measuring cup and it was one cup of sprouts by volume.

[Tommiks in reply to Bolt_Upright]

How was the effect? Thank in advance.

[Bolt_Upright in reply to Tommiks]

I do a lot of things, so I can't just point to Broccoli Spouts. I am feeling pretty good and some of my symptoms have improved over the last year. I have not been diagnosed with PD, I have RBD and a sore left shoulder and left leg and random movements and getting dizzy when I stand and face dandruff. The random movements are about gone, the RBD is rare, the face dandruff is mild, the dizzy when I stand is gone, and I have gone back to being left handed after having to use a mouse right handed for a year due to my sore left shoulder.

This is my complete stack: rbd-pd-protocols.blogspot.c...

[MarionP in reply to Rebtar]

30 grams is about an ounce. So 32 gm. is a "tad" more. (A tad being a unit of international units.)

[Bolt_Upright in reply to MarionP]

Yes, I am using ounces as in volume. I guess I should be saying "cup" instead of 8 ounces. I weighed a cup of sprouts at 40 grams.

[MarionP in reply to Bolt_Upright]

Maybe we had better clear up the word ounces and grams.

When I spoke of 30 or 32 g is an ounce, what I meant was weight. You answered me in volume.

How about we try to answer in both weight and volume as separate answers? You answered sprouts in volume already.

How about trying to weigh them? Just weigh the cup you use as an empty vessel and then record the weight when filled with your sprouts and then tell me the difference in some unit of measure, hopefully grams but if you normally use ounces that's fine too because 30 grams is about an ounce in weight.

That way I will have your measure in both volume and weight and really that's what I want, I need both weight and volume, thanks very much.

[Bolt_Upright in reply to MarionP]

Yes, that is what I did. I weighed one cup of sprouts and it weighed 40 grams. I guess that would also be about 1.33 ounces by weight.

[Bolt_Upright]

Here is a good guide on sprouting broccoli seeds: aegeandelight.com/growing-b...

[AmyLindy]

Follow w Wriga’s blog “the patient researcher” ( Art )

[Bolt_Upright in reply to AmyLindy]

Albert is the best! patientresearcher.com/blog/

[Bolt_Upright in reply to AmyLindy]

And also check out this Surface Your Real Self fellow: surfaceyourrealself.com/

[chartist]

Just 6 mg of melatonin/day for 40 days in obese women lowered IL-6 by 40%, hsCRP by 34% and TNF-alpha by 50%. It would have been interesting to see what 10 mg or more would have done.

Art

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[Bolt_Upright in reply to chartist]

I thought of you today Art when I stumbled across this: Naturally occurring melatonin: Sources and possible ways of its biosynthesis sci-hub.se/10.1111/1541-433...

[chartist in reply to Bolt_Upright]

Thank you for the link, Bolt, it looks interesting and I look forward to reading it!

On a somewhat related note, I still believe that broccoli and melatonin are synergistic together. Melatonin has shown the ability to improve the broccoli plant and increase its useful constituents like glucoraphanin and sulforaphane when melatonin is applied to the seeds in the growing process, but melatonin improves all type of plant and animal life.

Art

[Tommiks]

I find broccoli seeds and broccoli sprouts seeds online, which seed should I buy? Thank in advance

[Bolt_Upright in reply to Tommiks]

I got broccoli sprout seeds. Had to settle for Waltham 29 cultivar for now. They are not high in sulforaphane but hey, just eat more. Broccoli Seeds for Sprouting & Microgreens amazon.com/gp/product/B07R1...

I have more information on this page: Broccoli Sprouting Instructions

rbd-pd-protocols.blogspot.c...

[Tommiks]

Als Parkinson-Patient teste ich seit einer Woche Brokkolisprossen. Ich habe ein Zittern in meinem linken Fuß und Steifheit in meinem linken Arm und meinen Fingern. Ich esse die Brokkolisprossen morgens bis 11 Uhr Angeblich sollte man die Brokkolisprossen bis 11 Uhr essen Ich habe im Internet recherchiert und herausgefunden, dass wenn man die Sprossen 10 Minuten bei 70° Celsius stehen lässt, der Sulforaphanwert der Brokkolisprossen steigt. Machst du das auch so? Die nächste Frage, sollte man die Brokkolisprossen auf nüchternen Magen essen? Vielen Dank.

[Bolt_Upright in reply to Tommiks]

Your question: "As a Parkinson's patient, I've been testing broccoli sprouts for a week. I have tremors in my left foot and stiffness in my left arm and fingers. I eat the broccoli sprouts in the morning until 11 a.m. They say you should eat the broccoli sprouts by 11 a.m. I did some internet research and found that if you leave the sprouts at 70 degrees Celsius for 10 minutes, the sulforaphane level in the broccoli sprouts increases. Do you do that too? The next question, should you eat the broccoli sprouts on an empty stomach? Many Thanks."

Where did you read about having the sprouts by 11 AM? I know I have posted on the importance of eating them in the morning as to not negatively affect the circadian rhythm, but truth be told I started having them in the morning and evening. I am having more sprouts than what the available science would suggest is a good idea. A cup in the morning, and a cup at night.

I do warm my sprouts a little because I put them on top of a microwaved meatball in the morning. Sometimes with microwaved onions. In the evening I microwave a slice of cheddar cheese on top of my cup of sprouts. If you talk to smart people they would tell you I should not be mixing other food with my sprouts. I like to experiment.

Good luck.