Updated at 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, October 16, 2007
UH research: Veggies help fight heart disease, diabetes
Advertiser Staff
Research at the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawai'i shows new health benefits tied to eating broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, turnips and radishes.Dr. Andre Theriault, of the medical school's Division of Medical Technology, reports his findings in the scientific Journal of Nutrition.
His research on the vegetables — known by nutritionists as cruciferous vegetables — shows they are particularly helpful in fighting heart disease and diabetes.
The study also indicates taking a supplement containing the disease-fighting chemical known as I-3-C from those vegetables is potentially just as beneficial as eating the vegetables.
"Obviously human intervention trials with I-3-C are needed to confirm its action," Theriault said in a news release.
Theriault's team, including Dr. Joan Kuh, Dr. Adele Casaschi and Geoffrey Maiyoh, hope to conduct further research at the University of Hawai'i with help from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health.
