Want to control your blood sugar? Eat your broccoli!
“EAT YOUR GREENS” just got a big chunk of street cred, because a chemical called sulforaphane could be a new option for people with Type 2 diabetes. In a study published in June in Science Translational Medicine, researchers randomized 97 people diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes to take a concentrated broccoli sprout extract containing sulforaphane once a day for 12 weeks, or a placebo with the same regimen. All but three of the participants were taking metformin, a standard treatment for controlling blood sugar.
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