Regimens: Broccoli Sprouts May Be Germ Fighters

Regimens: Broccoli Sprouts May Be Germ Fighters
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
April 14, 2009

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/health/14regi.html?_r=1&ref=nutrition&pagewanted=print
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/health/14regi.html?ref=nutrition

Eating broccoli sprouts may be an effective way to control the germ that causes most peptic ulcers and is strongly associated with stomach cancer, a small study has found.

In the study, published in the April issue of Cancer Prevention Research, researchers examined 50 people who were infected with the germ, Helicobacter pylori, and divided them into two groups. Over eight weeks, one group ate two and a half ounces of broccoli sprouts a day while the other consumed an equal amount of alfalfa sprouts.

Using standard blood and fecal tests, the researchers found that the broccoli eaters had significantly reduced levels of infection with H. pylori, while levels in the control group remained unchanged.

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