Talk:Broccoli sprouts

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Objectivity[edit]

This article seems totally biased. Wikipedia needs more neutrality. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.219.87.243 (talk) 20:23, 6 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Plurality[edit]

Brussels sprout doesn't have an 's' at the end, should we move this page to broccoli sprout? Dictabeard (talk) 19:01, 10 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well, plural in this case is apt, as one never buys one, tiny broccoli sprout. (Though, I suppose, one never buys just one brussels sprout, either.) Geoff ^{Who, me?} 02:19, 29 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

USDA Source[edit]

I looked at the source provided [8] and couldn't find any evidence that "Broccoli sprouts actually have lower nutritional values than full sized broccoli according to the USDA." I found various kinds and preperations of broccoli, but not sprouted. I was able to find other types of sprouts, just not broccoli. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zdwiel (talk • contribs) 18:20, 11 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I also couldn't find broccoli sprouts in the USDA database. The link was a generic link (nothing specific to any food), and it is now a deadlink. It was an interesting paragraph, but since it had no valid references and it's been that way since at least May 2011, I decided to remove it.

If anyone would like to revive it, it's the first three sentences of the old "Nutrition" section: [1]

Great floors (talk) 22:20, 20 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"Sprout safety" section[edit]

I went ahead and pared down this section.

It had multiple issues:

1. POV - much of it read more like commentary.

2. Lack of citation (for a large portion of it).

3. Length and undue emphasis. This is an article on broccoli sprouts - not sprouts in general or sprout-safety in particular.

4. Poor form - writing in ALL CAPS, etc.

Folks may want to expand this section, but let's maintain NPOV. Present, don't assert. Cite specifically who said what. Distinguish between government recommendations and regulations/laws. -Helvetica (talk) 23:56, 12 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Broccoli sprout powder & capsules. Glucoraphanin & Myrosinase.[edit]

Wiki says: "Broccoli sprout powders and capsules are also available. However, many of these products are produced from myrosinase-inactive sprout or seed extracts. It is difficult, if not impossible, for the consumer to identify which products contain both the essential precursor glucoraphanin as well as the active myrosinase enzyme".

Why not try anyway?

If processing temperature is low enough (how low?), are Glucoraphanin & Myrosinase present?

Broccoli powder is mentioned here, but not broccoli sprout powder: http://examine.com/supplements/Sulforaphane/#summary12-3 "when mustard seed powder is mixed with broccoli powder (1-2%; or 12-25mg per 150mg broccoli powder) the sulforaphane availability is increased when cooked, and the losses that would normally occur beyond 60°C instead occur above 90°C and cooking at a temperature that normally abolishes sulforaphane formation (8-12 minutes of boiling sous vide) has three-fold more sulforaphane when it is mixed with mustard seed".

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23411305

Will any mustard powder do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ee1518 (talk • contribs) 22:13, 1 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps some commercial brands promise they contain Glucoraphanin & Myrosinase? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ee1518 (talk • contribs) 22:03, 1 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

omg y'all, please fix up the nutrition info/medical research for us lay people[edit]

Can someone please clean up the nutrition info/medical research sections so it's coherent to us lay-people? I can tell there's some conflict going on, but it's going whoosh over my head and the basic info is obscured or missing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.251.248.77 (talk) 19:44, 19 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Removed[edit]

This edit removed quite a bit of content as "weakly sourced", including an eight year old review and several primary papers in first-rate journals. Some of that content may still be supportable, if someone will chase newer, better sources.LeadSongDog come howl! 23:44, 7 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Another problem was that much of the material didn't seem specific to broccoli sprouts. Do you think any of the sources are salvageable? Alexbrn (talk) 07:50, 8 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Probably, when I have a chance to look. Not today though. LeadSongDog come howl! 20:23, 8 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like there are more current review sources available. I queried pubmed with

("sulforafan"[Supplementary Concept] OR "sulforafan"[All Fields] OR "sulforaphane"[All Fields]) AND (Review[ptyp] AND "2010/11/11"[PDat] : "2015/11/09"[PDat])

and found several. Promising sources would include PMID 24114482, PMID 26184171, PMID 24510468, PMID 25364882, PMID 25568452, PMID 25192192 and PMID 26185755. All those reviews have free fulltext online. Most of these are generally about sulforaphane, but at least one makes a clear point of highlighting brocolli sprouts and Brussel sprouts as dietary sources:

Significance: Sulforaphane, produced by the hydrolytic conversion of glucoraphanin after ingestion of cruciferous vegetables, particularly broccoli and broccoli sprouts, has been extensively studied due to its apparent health-promoting properties in disease and limited toxicity in normal tissue.
— PMID 25364882

LeadSongDog come howl! 19:21, 9 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Which is the broccoli sprouts one? I think material on sulforaphane in general should go in that specific article. Alexbrn (talk) 19:25, 9 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

PMID 25364882, as indicated in the above quotation. PMID 23657153 discusses the distinction between the extracts and the broccoli sprouts theselves, though I don't have full-text access to that one. The implication is that there is more than just sulforaphane playing a role in the brassicae's epigenetic protective effects, including some chemicals released during chewing. Several of the papers I listed discuss the biochemical pathways. As far as I understand them, SFR chokes off protein synthesis during the active phases of the cell cycle, countering the ability of cancer stem cells to differentiate. This works against metastatic processes. Of course, I'm probably misreading them: someone much more versed in the field than I am should be looking at these.LeadSongDog come howl! 21:41, 9 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Translate from Japanese Wikipedia[edit]

Today I checked this article and saw that there were two other versions: A Japanese version and a Dutch version. The Japanese version was quite extensive compared to this. Is it possible to translate it here? I can't read or write the language so I had to use Google Translate to understand. I hope to see this article get better. Pumpkinless Spice (talk) 13:48, 23 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]