Horseradish contains cancer-fighting compounds known as glucosinolates. Glucosinolate type and quantity vary depending on size and quality of the horseradish root. For the first time, the activation of cancer-fighting enzymes by glucosinolate products in horseradish has been documented.
- Science Daily: Cancer-fighting properties of horseradish revealed
The Rockhouse doesn't know or care what glucosinolates are but they bust cancer so we like them.
We always hear about broccoli as being the most wonderful, life-giving type of produce but horseradish is much badder than that.
Kushad's research team had previously identified and quantified the compounds responsible for the cancer-fighting compounds, known as glucosinolates, in horseradish, noting that horseradish contains approximately 10 times more glucosinolates than its superfood cousin, broccoli.
- SD
Uh huh, ten times more, Broccoli Boy.
The Rockhouse is just fine with eating broccoli and it's even good so long as the cook didn't boil the life out of it but horseradish gives the health-giving goodness from only a teaspoon full.
Ed: a teaspoon of horseradish is enough to blow your head off!
Maybe a la carte isn't your best plan. It's a novel concept but sometimes cooks mix different types of food.
There are different grades of horseradish defined by the USDA so the researchers wanted to know more.
In the new study, Kushad and his team looked for the products of glucosinolate hydrolysis, which activate enzymes involved in detoxification of cancer-causing molecules. They compared the quantity and activity of these products in 11 horseradish strains rated U.S. Fancy, U.S. No. 1, or U.S. No. 2. The USDA puts fresh-market horseradish in these categories based on diameter and length of the root.
"There was no information on whether the USDA grade of the horseradish root is associated with cancer preventive activity, so we wanted to test that," Kushad explains.
- SD
Ed: are you seriously trying to create some suspense in this?
Sure and why not with something which may reduce your chances of premature death. Too much jerking around will only annoy you so shall we review the punchline.
The group found that the higher-grade U.S. Fancy accessions had significantly more glucosinolates than U.S. No. 1. Concentrations of various glucosinolate hydrolysis products differed according to USDA grade, with U.S. Fancy having greater allyl isothiocyanate (AITC) and U.S. No. 1 having greater 1-cyano 2,3-epithiopropane (CETP).
- SD
Read the article to confirm it as AITC is identified as the best stuff so they do seem to have confirmed the higher USDA grades are the best-looking and also the most healthful.
Homeopathic medicine isn't so much about using some unusual food product plus some chanting to cure some mysterious malady but rather an increased intake of unadulterated food will likely mean you see a doctor a whole lot less in the first place.
Here's a groovy example: Glade air freshener has a corrosion inhibitor as one of the ingredients. No worries on consuming (i.e. breathing) that stuff because, well, at least you won't rust.
- Science Daily: Cancer-fighting properties of horseradish revealed
The Rockhouse doesn't know or care what glucosinolates are but they bust cancer so we like them.
We always hear about broccoli as being the most wonderful, life-giving type of produce but horseradish is much badder than that.
Kushad's research team had previously identified and quantified the compounds responsible for the cancer-fighting compounds, known as glucosinolates, in horseradish, noting that horseradish contains approximately 10 times more glucosinolates than its superfood cousin, broccoli.
- SD
Uh huh, ten times more, Broccoli Boy.
The Rockhouse is just fine with eating broccoli and it's even good so long as the cook didn't boil the life out of it but horseradish gives the health-giving goodness from only a teaspoon full.
Ed: a teaspoon of horseradish is enough to blow your head off!
Maybe a la carte isn't your best plan. It's a novel concept but sometimes cooks mix different types of food.
There are different grades of horseradish defined by the USDA so the researchers wanted to know more.
In the new study, Kushad and his team looked for the products of glucosinolate hydrolysis, which activate enzymes involved in detoxification of cancer-causing molecules. They compared the quantity and activity of these products in 11 horseradish strains rated U.S. Fancy, U.S. No. 1, or U.S. No. 2. The USDA puts fresh-market horseradish in these categories based on diameter and length of the root.
"There was no information on whether the USDA grade of the horseradish root is associated with cancer preventive activity, so we wanted to test that," Kushad explains.
- SD
Ed: are you seriously trying to create some suspense in this?
Sure and why not with something which may reduce your chances of premature death. Too much jerking around will only annoy you so shall we review the punchline.
The group found that the higher-grade U.S. Fancy accessions had significantly more glucosinolates than U.S. No. 1. Concentrations of various glucosinolate hydrolysis products differed according to USDA grade, with U.S. Fancy having greater allyl isothiocyanate (AITC) and U.S. No. 1 having greater 1-cyano 2,3-epithiopropane (CETP).
- SD
Read the article to confirm it as AITC is identified as the best stuff so they do seem to have confirmed the higher USDA grades are the best-looking and also the most healthful.
Homeopathic medicine isn't so much about using some unusual food product plus some chanting to cure some mysterious malady but rather an increased intake of unadulterated food will likely mean you see a doctor a whole lot less in the first place.
Here's a groovy example: Glade air freshener has a corrosion inhibitor as one of the ingredients. No worries on consuming (i.e. breathing) that stuff because, well, at least you won't rust.
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