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The Power of Broccoli Sprouts: A Nutritional Powerhouse

Don't underestimate the potential of small packages. Broccoli sprouts, the precursor to mature broccoli, have gained attention in recent years due to their incredible cancer-fighting compounds. While they may not be as readily available as regular broccoli, the remarkable benefits researchers have discovered make them worth considering.

In this blog, we will explore the nutritional properties of broccoli sprouts, their role in cancer prevention, and their potential benefits for heart health, bone strength, respiratory function, detoxification, multiple sclerosis, and brain protection.

What Are Broccoli Sprouts?

Broccoli sprouts differ from mature broccoli in terms of nutritional composition. While they may contain fewer vitamins like K and C, they are rich in glucosinolates. Glucosinolates are converted into isothiocyanates, which activate enzymes responsible for eliminating disease-causing compounds from the body. Broccoli sprouts contain significantly higher levels of glucoraphanin, a glucosinolate precursor to the powerful compound sulforaphane. In fact, they can contain 10 to 100 times more glucoraphanin than mature broccoli, depending on their preparation and freshness.

Cancer Prevention and Fighting Abilities:
The cancer-fighting properties of sulforaphane found in broccoli sprouts have been extensively studied. Sulforaphane inhibits the activation of pro-carcinogens and induces enzymes that detoxify the body from potential carcinogens. It also influences the epigenetic layer of DNA, potentially reversing negative alterations and promoting disease-fighting functions. Research has shown promising results in various types of cancer, including throat, lung, colon, prostate, breast, bladder, and skin cancers.

Benefits for Heart Health:
Sulforaphane has demonstrated potential benefits for heart health. Studies have indicated that it can lower blood pressure, reduce high triglyceride levels, and protect against cardiac hypertrophy. Additionally, sulforaphane might aid in recovery from myocardial reperfusion injury, a heart injury that can occur after a heart attack.

Support for Strong Bones:
Preliminary reports suggest that sulforaphane may protect against osteoporosis. It appears to counteract the molecular processes and inflammation associated with the formation of osteoblasts, a major contributor to osteoporosis.

Potential in Fighting H. pylori Infection:
Broccoli sprouts have shown promise in fighting H. pylori infection, a bacterium responsible for gastritis and stomach ulcers. While they may not eradicate the infection, they protect the gastric lining from oxidative stress and reduce future colonization of H. pylori, potentially preventing related illnesses.

Detoxification Abilities:
Broccoli sprouts possess potent detoxification properties. Studies have shown that they aid in the excretion of airborne chemicals and promote the elimination of environmental toxins from the body. Their consumption contributes to a significant increase in the detoxification of dangerous chemicals, making them a natural choice for detoxification.

Improvement in Respiratory Function:
Sulforaphane from broccoli sprouts has been found to support respiratory health. It helps lung cells eliminate environmental toxins and reduces inflammation associated with allergies, asthma, and other respiratory illnesses. Sulforaphane has also demonstrated a positive impact on limiting the replication of the RSV virus, a common cause of lower respiratory illness in children.

*Broccoli sprouts are a nutritional powerhouse with a wide range of health benefits. Their high concentration of glucoraphanin and sulforaphane makes them a valuable addition to a healthy diet. From cancer prevention and fighting abilities to cardiovascular support, respiratory function improvement, detoxification, and potential benefits for conditions like multiple sclerosis and brain protection, the evidence highlights the remarkable potential of these tiny sprouts. Consider incorporating broccoli sprouts into your meals or even growing them at home to reap their numerous health advantages.

 

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Cancer Fatigue

Cancer-related is one of the most common side effects of cancer and its treatments. Like fatigue, cancer fatigue is whole-body exhaustion that you feel no matter how much sleep or rest you get. Cancer fatigue takes exhaustion a step further: You feel physically, emotionally and mentally exhausted most of the time. Cancer fatigue may last a few weeks (acute) or for months or years (chronic).

To improve energy effectively, we provide modalities ranging from mindfulness-based cognitive therapy therapies, to herbal medicine and targeted nutritional interventions.

Pain Management

Providing quality care and services to our patients is our utmost commitment. Our approach prioritises a holistic and integrative method to health and wellness, ensuring that each patient receives personalised and effective treatment.

Our acupuncture services, including traditional acupuncture, medical acupuncture, and laser acupuncture, are designed to stimulate the body's natural healing processes, reduce pain, and improve overall health. In addition to acupuncture, we provide specialised physiotherapy services aimed at restoring movement, improving function, and alleviating pain Our commitment to quality care is reflected in our dedication to continuously improving our services and staying abreast of the latest advancements in medical and complementary treatments.

We are devoted to helping our patients achieve the best possible health outcomes through compassionate, comprehensive, and patient-centred care.

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Recovery

Helping you to thrive into enduring wellness after the conclusion of cancer treatments is our goal. At Vitawell Wellness we understand that an optimised immune system comes from a foundation of basics. Quality of sleep, exercise, enjoying nature, and practising meditation are incredibly important elements to aid in your recovery.

Our holistic approach focuses on rebuilding all the components that form your unique profile, from weight and movement to mind-body connection; from good energy to healthy weight; from sleep to finding happiness in small things.  Recovery also depends upon restoring imbalances in your immune system, nervous system, neurotransmitters, gut health, adrenal and hormonal systems. At Vitawell Wellness we will provide you with the essential tools and the appropriate program to achieve and to maintain optimal health and enduring wellness.

Stress Management

The state of mind impacts health through the mind-body connection. We believe that  that body and mind are one, that the mind feeds the body just as the body feeds the mind. Since emotions, feelings, thoughts, beliefs, actions, and behaviour impact and literally shape wellbeing, we provide the necessary tools to  strengthen your mental and emotional inner life.

We strive to help you cultivate and maintain hope, calm, optimism, and inner-peace. We want to know how you feel; we listen and support you in regaining power with positive actions, step-by-step into wellness. 

Clinical Detox

After the conclusion of cancer treatments, we strongly recommend that you follow our clinical detoxification program. At Vitawell Wellness we are aware tht some common side-effects from chemotherapy or radiation therapy treatments can have lasting effects such as brain fog, loss of energy and gastro-intestinal dysfunction.

We strongly believe in the power of detoxification as a method of steadily reducing toxins` accumulation and regaining strength, balance, and imporve wellness. Our personalised program is sensible, gentle but effective, and includes stress reduction technique and lifestyle changes.

Personalised Diet

The relationship between cancer, diet, energy, muscle mass and optimal weight is extremely important. At Vitawell Wellness we focus on addressing your current nutritional status and develop the right diet for you.  "One size does not fit all" principle applies to your diet. Each person is unique and therefore variability exists between nutrient-sense diets.

We provide personalised and appropriate dietary plans before, during and after cancer treatments. We provide 7 day menu plan, shopping lists and recipes that reflect food preferences and sensitivities. The menu plans are easy to follow. Each food is selected for its specific content of nutrients. Healthy foods positively support your whole person wellness.

For some, reaching wellness means improving body weight, muscle mass, digestion, assimilation and gut microbiome. 

For some, reaching wellness means reducing body weight, improving muscle mass, digestion, bowel function and gut microbiome. Obesity and overweight have been shown to increase cancer risk.

Preventive Care

The Functional Medicine model is an individualised, patient-centred, science-based approach that empowers patients and practitioners to work together and to address the underlying causes of disease and promote optimal wellness.

Functional Medicine is gaining attention as a new approach to care in large institutions and Universities around the world. This is leading to new approaches to investigate ways to research outcomes of Functional Medicine designed to discover and remedy root causes of problems instead of suppressing symptoms. Random controlled trials are beginning to be conducted, and a new body of literature is beginning to emerge in this realm as a result.

Nutritional Medicine

Nutrition medicine is a personalised medicine that deals with primary prevention and addresses underlying causes instead of treating symptoms for serious chronic diseases. By shifting the traditional disease-centred focus of medical practice to a more patient-centred approach, nutritional medicine individualises the patient's nutritional needs based on genetic, environmental, and personal considerations.

Nutritional medicine focuses on shifting dietary habits to optimise personal health stimulating the powerful inert healing mechanism within each person by providing nutrient protocols and specialised diets for each individual need.

Herbal Medicine

Herbalism today is based on remedies and techniques tried and tested through generations of use, but increasingly re-evaluated in the light of modern medical refinements. A key feature of herbalism is that remedies are used to support and modify disturbed body functions.

Herbal medicine is the oldest and still the most widely used system of medicine in the world today. It is medicine made exclusively from plants. It is used in all societies and is common to all cultures.

Herbal medicine is increasingly being validated by scientific investigation which seeks to understand the active chemistry of the plant. Many modern pharmaceuticals have been modelled on, or derived from, phytochemicals found in plants. Increasing research on herbal medicine demonstrates that liquid botanicals play a critical role during, before and after a diagnosis of cancer.

Individualised Plans

Cancer requires negotiation and navigation. Decisions must be made. Directions must be pursued. The decisions and directions often occur in the middle of stress, fear, trauma, and many other challenging emotions. The skills with which people negotiate and navigate their cancer journey are better supported by combining conventional treatments with evidence-based natural medicine.

At Vitawell Wellness, we design individual programs to support you regardless of your diagnosis and the stage of your cancer. We collect all critical information about your state of health and help you in your decision-making process with the wisdom and the experience that comes from years of clinical practice. We work in alignment with what you think, feel, say, and do. In this way, we honour your self-awareness, your knowledge and views and integrate them in safe practices.