Broccoli Sprouts in Breast Cancer Research

The literature on breast cancer and alcohol consumption is growing (Sohi et al., 2024). It is alarming since we have gotten used to thinking of alcohol, especially wine and the occasional harder drink, as healthy in moderate use (Zhu et al., 2025). 

And as all things scientific, we do need to look at the history and the wholeness of the context. We do suffer now from more environmental toxins as well as chemicals in food, and loss of nutrients due to food transport. We have increased our stress levels and are not practiced in the ways of relaxation. We also do not move our bodies, exercise, as we should. You can see where I am going here - our way of life has changed from 100 years ago or more.

We need different strategies to handle alcohol, and be more cognizant of its effect on our body. 

I have written an article on alcohol and brain-liver health (Article) - and today, my focus is on broccoli sprouts and their great therapeutic effect on cancer. The literature is massive and that of course makes us all happy - food is therapeutic.

In general, the scientific findings has encouraged us to eat more cruciferous vegetable (Lin et al., 2017; Zhang et al., 2016). In specific, Broccoli sprouts are rich in many compounds that help the body fight disease such as cancer (i.e., Arora, 2022; Wang et al., 2022).

As research presents itself to me, I will bring it to you, so we can continue to study together. My aim is to find solutions with food, exercise, relaxation (meditation, music, a good reflection time, and time with loved ones), and the needed cleaning out of all products that are environmentally not clean from our home. 

Yours,

Dohrea  

References

• Arora, I. (2022). The Potential Roles of Broccoli Sprouts (BSP) and Green Tea Polyphenols (GTPs) in Prevention and Inhibition of Mammary Cancer (Doctoral dissertation, The University of Alabama at Birmingham).
• Nestle, M. (1998). Broccoli sprouts in cancer prevention. Nutrition reviews, 56(4), 127-130. 
• Lin, T., Zirpoli, G. R., McCann, S. E., Moysich, K. B., Ambrosone, C. B., & Tang, L. (2017). Trends in cruciferous vegetable consumption and associations with breast cancer risk: A case-control study. Current developments in nutrition, 1(8), e000448.
• Sohi, I., Rehm, J., Saab, M., Virmani, L., Franklin, A., Sánchez, G., ... & Shield, K. (2024). Alcoholic beverage consumption and female breast cancer risk: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of prospective cohort studies. Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, 48(12), 2222-2241.
• Wang, Z., Tu, C., Pratt, R., Khoury, T., Qu, J., Fahey, J. W., ... & Tang, L. (2022). A Presurgical‐Window Intervention Trial of Isothiocyanate‐Rich Broccoli Sprout Extract in Patients with Breast Cancer. Molecular nutrition & food research, 66(12), 2101094.
• Zhang, Z., Atwell, L. L., Farris, P. E., Ho, E., & Shannon, J. (2016). Associations between cruciferous vegetable intake and selected biomarkers among women scheduled for breast biopsies. Public health nutrition, 19(7), 1288-1295.
• Zhu, P., Zhang, Y., Chen, Q., Qiu, W., Chen, M., Xue, L., ... & Yang, H. (2024). The interaction of diet, alcohol, genetic predisposition, and the risk of breast cancer: a cohort study from the UK Biobank. European Journal of Nutrition, 63(2), 343-356.