Researchers at the Diabetes Center in Sweden have shown that this type of vegetable can be a great help in controlling glucose and type 2 diabetes without causing side effects.
Researchers gave concentrated broccoli extracts to nearly a hundred type 2 diabetes patients in a 12-week controlled trial; patients who entered the study with poorly controlled disease demonstrated lower fasting blood glucose values compared with levels entered into the study.
Sulforaphane, a natural compound found in broccoli, has indicated that in large quantities, it could become a therapeutic alternative against diabetes.
Millions of people suffer from this disease and 15% of these patients cannot benefit from the treatment (metformin drug) because it causes side effects.
The key is in sulforaphane, that is, the natural compound found in broccoli and other vegetables such as cauliflower.
Metformin and sulforaphane have different mechanisms of action, and while they both lower blood glucose, the drug does so by making cells more sensitive to insulin, while the compound in broccoli does so by suppressing Hepatic enzymes.
