{"id":36446,"date":"2021-12-19T06:45:33","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T19:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=36446"},"modified":"2021-12-19T06:45:33","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T19:45:33","slug":"what-is-sulforaphane-and-why-is-it-so-good-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=36446","title":{"rendered":"What is Sulforaphane \u2014 And Why Is It so Good for You?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-36447\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Cruciferous_Veggies-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Cruciferous Veggies\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Cruciferous_Veggies-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Cruciferous_Veggies-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Cruciferous_Veggies-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Cruciferous_Veggies.jpg 1254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Sulforaphane is a\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/52541-phytonutrients.html\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><b>phytonutrient<\/b><\/a><b>, which is a fancy word for \u201cnutrient found in a plant.\u201d<\/b>\u00a0It functions as a powerful antioxidant, meaning it fights against and repairs the damage that occurs all the time in every cell in your body. It\u2019s also an isothiocyanate \u2014 a type of compound that\u2019s synthesized from a precursor found in cruciferous vegetables, which are a part of the\u00a0<i>Brassica\u00a0<\/i>family.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foodrevolution.org\/blog\/what-is-sulforaphane\/\">https:\/\/foodrevolution.org\/blog\/what-is-sulforaphane\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sulforaphane is a\u00a0phytonutrient, which is a fancy word for \u201cnutrient found in a plant.\u201d\u00a0It functions as a powerful antioxidant, meaning it fights against and repairs the damage that occurs all the time in every cell in your body. It\u2019s also an isothiocyanate \u2014 a type of compound that\u2019s synthesized from a precursor found in cruciferous &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=36446\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What is Sulforaphane \u2014 And Why Is It so Good for You?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36446"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36448,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36446\/revisions\/36448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}