When brain foods come to mind, broccoli might not be the first food you’ll think of.
However, a powerful protective plant chemical—sulforaphane, which is derived from broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables, provides crucial antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits to both the body and brain via the activation of the antioxidant response element (ARE)—a vital pathway that modulates expression of antioxidant and detoxification genes.
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The battle of the bulge is a losing proposition for many Americans. According to data derived from the most recent (2015–2016) National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES), the prevalence of obesity among U.S. adults was 39.8%.(1)
Visceral fat—the deeper belly fat that accumulates around the organs of the abdominal cavity, is linked to many health disorders that include heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure (hypertension, and dementia.
With the evidence mounting on the associations between obesity, heart disease (CVD), and type 2 diabetes (T2D), to an increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease, an increased awareness of these associations and how it is all connected, now appears regularly in many popular news feeds. (more…)
