benefits of juicing broccoli rabe Selenium-treated broccoli was also most active in the liver, reaching a level of bioactivity that exceeded the other foods used in the experiment.
"We were interested to find that selenium initiated this amount of bioactivity," he said.
Along with garlic and other plants of the allium family, broccoli and other plants of the brassica family are unique in having a methylating enzyme that enables plants to store high concentrations of selenium, she said.
"Our bodies need a certain amount of selenium, but many areas of the world, including parts of the United States and China's vast territory, has little selenium in the soil," he said.
