Broccoli fights cancer, heart disease and other serious conditions.
Brocoli has two powerful cancer-fighting substances: first, sulforaphane gives cancer-causing
chemicals a one-two punch. It destroys any carcinogenic compounds that you've ingested,
and then it creates enzymes that eat up any carcinogens left over from that reaction.
Sulforaphane also kills the bacteria H.pylori, which causes ulcers and greatly increases
the risk of gastric cancer. Second, broccoli boasts indole-3-carbinol which helps
your body metabolize estrogen, potentially warding off breast cancer. Broccoli may
also inhibit the herpes simplex virus from reproducing.
Preparation Tips- I eat broccoli raw, lightly steamed, juiced, and in the
form of sprouts which magnify broccoli's potent healing powers.
Suggested Equipment - Use The Total Blender,
Connoisseur, or
Mix n' Blend from Blendtec's fine living product line to blend this nutritious
vegetable with tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, and sweet bell peppers for a superb
veggie smoothie. You can also use broccoli as a nutritious ingredient in a whole
vegetable drink, or add it to almost any of our soup recipes!
The following is a hot soup recipe that you can cook in any of our Blendtec blenders:
Broccoli Soup - 7/11/2005 1 cup milk
1 1/2 cup chicken broth, hot
1 small onion, quartered
2 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 cups cooked broccoli, cut in chunks, hot
Place all ingredients except broccoli in blender jar. Remove steam cap and secure
lid on top. Press Speed (S) button until speed reaches 9. The blender will blend
for 50 seconds then turn off. Repeat by pressing the Speed (S) button again until
speed 9. Do this a total of 3 times. Add broccoli to blender jar and press the Pulse
(P) button intermittently 5-6 times or until broccoli is chopped. Serve immediately.
Add cheese as a garnish.
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