RT@ant386 @qikipedia: Longest carrot update via @craigglenday The world record (since 2007) now stands at 5.841 m (19 ft 1.96 in)
266 days ago
Jan is walking the Humber Bridge on Saturday 4 the sick children's trust http://t.co/jRKawWW A great effort as scared of heights!
280 days ago
RT @yougrowgirl: My bike basket. Always overflowing: Agave pups, hellebore, elderberries, gleanings from my community garden plot http:/ ...
280 days ago
@fioriflorist thank you too for he ff - last week!
280 days ago
This week shops in the UK are introducing a new variety of broccoli, Beneforte, which reduces the risk of prostrate cancer in men.
broccoli
It has long been known that glucoraphanin in broccoli lowers the rates of cancer. In 1983 a wild Italian broccoli variety was found to contain higher levels of glucoraphanin. The John Innes Centre in Norwich have bred this new variety, Beneforte, which contains two to three times the level of glucoraphanin than standard broccoli.
This week shops in the UK are introducing a new variety of broccoli, Beneforte, which reduces the risk of prostrate cancer in men.
broccoli
It has long been known that glucoraphanin in broccoli lowers the rates of cancer. In 1983 a wild Italian broccoli variety was found to contain higher levels of glucoraphanin. The John Innes Centre in Norwich have bred this new variety, Beneforte, which contains two to three times the level of glucoraphanin than standard broccoli.
The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital have worked with the Institute of Food Research to show that men who ate a broccoli-rich diet experienced changes in the activity of genes associated with tumour survival and growth.
Broccoli also lowers rates of heart disease and some other forms of cancer. It also boosts the body’s antioxidant enzyme levels.
Men who eat broccoli-rich diets have a reduced risk of aggressive prostate cancer – the most common non-skin cancer for males in western countries.