Superfoods and Their Superpowers: the Powerful Broccoli, the Prestigious Pomegranate, the Powerful Matcha Tea

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Among the most studied foods in this 'super' area are cruciferous vegetables, especially broccoli. Their fame does not come from social networks, but from laboratories: the protagonist is sulphorafano, a compound that the plant produces as a natural defense mechanism. Various research shows that sulphorafano can activate the Nrf2 pathway, a protein that acts as an authentic switch of the body's antioxidant defenses. When this pathway is activate…