Can Broccoli Help With Leaky Gut Syndrome?

Leaky gut syndrome should more properly be named hyper-permeable gut syndrome.

There are pores between the small intestine and the circulatory system called tight junctions. As food is digested, molecules pass through these small pores from the small intestine into the blood vessels, which carry these nutrients throughout the body. With leaky gut syndrome, these tight junction pores open up and become too large. Molecules that should not be entering the circulatory system do so. This can lead to chronic inflammation, auto immune diseases and even possibly cancer.

The major factors that can lead to and aggravate leaky gut syndrome are; GMOs, pesticides, stress, food additives, chemicals, gluten, drugs and EMF.

When you eat broccoli, a compound called indolocarbazole (ICZ) is produced. By binding to and activating certain receptors on your gut lining, ICZ boosts immune function and improves the balance of your gut bacteria.

To achieve this healing effect, you’d need to eat about 3.5 cups of broccoli per day. You can obtain an equivalent amount of ICZ from a single cup of Brussels sprouts, since they contain about three times the ICZ of broccoli .

Broccoli also has many other health benefits, which include boosting mitochondrial health and energy metabolism, as well as protecting against obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, neurodegenerative diseases and even cancer.

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