Sulforaphane, H pylori and stomach tumors
This study finds that a substance found in broccoli has the ability to inhibit H pylori infection as well as blocking stomach tumor formation from the H. pylori. We spend so much time in research looking for ways to kill off this bug and whether this triple-therapy regimine is better than that one and so on. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again here–it is slowly appearing that H pylori is just a manifestation of poor lifestyle choices. We already know that low vitamin C in gastric juice is found in patients with H pylori. Now we see that compounds in broccoli are inhibitory for the growth of this bug. Give my theory a few years for the research to catch up and you can say casually that you knew about that years ago to all your friends…
PNAS — Abstracts: Fahey et al. 99 (11): 7610