Broccoli, Food for the Heart

British scientists from the Imperial College London recently found evidence that links broccoli and other green leafy vegetables with lower risk against heart ailments.

The researchers discovered that a chemical in broccoli can boosts our body's natural defense against the clogging of arteries, which results to heart attack. In their study, which was funded by the British Heart Foundation -- a charitable organization, the researchers experimented the result of higher sulforaphane (a compound that is found in broccoli) intake "energize" a protective protein which is inactive in parts of the arteries vulnerable to clogging. "This study provides a possible explanation for how green vegetable consumption can promote a healthy heart." Paul Evans of the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College told the Reuters.com.