Growing Broccoli Sprouts

Growing broccoli sprouts is a bit more involved than growing full size broccoli plants. And surprisingly they even yield more nutrients than the fully matured broccoli head.

Dr. Paul Talalay and his cancer research team at Johns Hopkins University found that these baby broccoli sprouts contain up to 50 times more sulforaphane, an anti-cancer plant-produced chemical, than fully-matured broccoli heads.

The seedling sprouts, peppery and crunchy, do not taste like broccoli and may help some folks get their protection from this vegetable by consuming much smaller amounts. Eating two pounds of these sprouts per week is believed to help reduce the chance of some forms of cancer.

In my opinion eating two pounds of any vegetable per week will help reduce cancer.

Growing broccoli sprouts have a mild flavor, and crunch, and are loaded with nutrients, antioxidants, and they are easy to grow. Some of the nutrients found are vitamins A, B, C, E and K. They also contain calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc and carotene.

They are easily digested and can improve the efficiency of digestion.

Growing sprouts offers a lot of versatility. They can be grown anytime, anywhere and maintaining the plants takes only a few moments a day. However there are many types of sprouts available for growing in the kitchen.

Always refrigerate sprouts.

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