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#Scientists grow super broccoli packed with a big nutritional punch Super broccoli A new breed of the broccoli has been unveiled by British scientists that experts say packs a big nutritional punch. The new broccoli was grown specially to contain two to three times the normal amount of glucoraphanin, a nutrientbelievedto help ward off heart disease. Vegetables are a medicine cabinet already, #said Richard Mithen, who led the team of scientists at the Institute for Food Research in Norwich, England, that developed the new broccoli. When you eat this broccoli#you get a reduction in cholesterol in your blood stream#he said. Glucoraphanin works by breaking fat down in the body, preventing it from clogging the arteries. Itisonly foundin broccoli in significant amounts. To create the vegetable, sold as super broccoli, #Mithen and colleagues crossbred a traditional British broccoli with a wild, bitter Sicilian variety that has no flowery head, and a big doseof glucoraphanin. After 14 years, the enhanced hybrid was produced, which has been granted a patent by European authorities. No genetic modification was used. It s been on sale in select stores in California and Texas for the last year, and hit British shelves this month. Later this fall the broccoli will be rolled out across the US. The super vegetable is part of an increasing tendency among producers to inject extra nutrients into foods, ranging from calcium-enriched orange juice to fortified sugary cereals and milk with added omega 3 fatty acids. In Britain, the new broccoli is sold as part of a line of vegetables that includes mushroomswithextra Vitamin d, and tomatoes and potatoes with added selenium. Photo credit: USA Today Via Times of India Share Thissubscribedel. icio. usfacebookredditstumbleupontechnorati l

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