date:Jun 20, 2017
n experiments on cells and mice, scientists came up with a compound that inhibits the manufacture of sugar in the liver: sulforaphane, a substance that abounds in vegetables such as Brussels sprouts or broccoli sprouts.
The researchers then conducted a clinical trial of 103 patients with type 2 diabetes. As a source of sulforaphane, they chose a concentrate of broccoli sprouts, since they had already been tried on people to treat other diseases, such as cancer and autism, and they had not produ