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Greetings, Eric Bakker the naturopath thanks for coming back. Let's talk about,
just went down there. Let's talk about brassicas and particularly brussel sprouts. One of my
favorite of all brassicas. They're hard to grow. I've been trying to grow brussel sprouts now for
a few years, and there's only a small window during the year when they're best planted,
because they take a long, I think 18 weeks or 16 weeks to really mature. So we pulled our
six plants out and I think I only got about, I don't know, 40 or 50 off there. But yeah,
I love them. They taste fantastic. Nice steamed up, little bit of, grate a little bit of nutmeg
on top. They're beautiful to eat. But are they good for candida? Are they good for gut health?
So Brussels sprouts belong to a family of a class of vegetables called brassicas. Now these are
unique because there are so many of them. They've got powerful compounds in them, many different
compounds. They've got folate, they've got vitamin K, vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamin E in them.
There's many different minerals found in them. And particularly in the tops, if you look at
kale and the brassicas the top of the plant can be 20 to 25% protein. So quite high protein too,
lots of fiber, very nutrient dense food. We grew huge amounts of kale and we've harvested not that
long ago, I dried it all out in the oven at a low temperature. So you just basically pick it,
rub it in olive oil, bit of sea salt on it. And it tastes fantastic. A lot better than Lays chips,
better for the tummy too. Now, are they good? They're
fantastic. The compound in particular are called glucosinolate. I think that the compounds are
called glucosinolates. So they are precursors to other compounds. So they basically form
other compounds, which contains sulfur and nitrogen and different elements in them. Now
sulfur is a very powerful cleansing compound. I'm growing garlic, for example, in the garden
at the moment that gets this fungal disease called rust. But I find when I spray it with sulfur
every 14 days, the rust is curtailed. So again, a fungus on garlic, would you believe it?
A particular type of fungus called rust. But the sulfur spray knocks it right back. So this is
my best garlic I've grown this year because I've worked that sulfur connection out. Now what about
fungus inside the body? Well there's sulfur in brassicas. Sulfur is a great detoxing compound.
So the body produces thio, I'm just trying remember the compound. Let me just read it
out to you. There are two compounds, isothiocyanates and thiocyanates.
So these are made off the glucosinolates we were talking about. Type of a mustard compound. I
think it's known as a mustard compound. So very cleansing, antimicrobial, antifungal,
one of the best vegetables to eat. So yes, I totally agree. Brassicas are a really good food
to eat. If you've got a gut problem, start small. Eventually like me, you'll eat them every day.
We have lots of different types of brassicas that we eat. We grow the bok choy for example,
there's gai lan, there's bok choy. There's all sorts of Chinese vegetables that are creating
stir fries. Of course there's cabbages. There's arugula. There are so many types of brassicas
you can enjoy, but I recommend that you try and make a habit of eating brassicas
on a very regular basis. Because there's super good for your health. All right. The only issue
is some people talk about the goitrogens. Okay, they contain, goitrogenic compounds.
So if you've got sufficient iodine in your diet, you don't have to worry about the brassicas.
But animals studies have shown that when animals eat lots and lots of kale and lots of cabbage
that they develop a thyroid problem, but they also found that when these animals have sufficient
iodine in their diet, they don't get that problem. So that's the secret. Thanks for tuning in.
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