The Lighter Side of Transformation

with Lisa Wessan, LICSW

Food as Medicine: Fun to grow Broccoli Sprouts!

In the spirit of “Good Food, Good Mood,” and Food As Medicine (FAM)…Broccoli Sprouts are in the top 1% of super foods you want to enter your body on a regular basis. (you can watch the 5 minute video here, Food As Medicine: Fun to grow Broccoli Sprouts, a Super Food! )

FUN FACT: Broccoli sprouts are known for their exceptionally high concentration of sulforaphane. This potent antioxidant has multiple health benefits. These benefits include reducing inflammation, boosting your immune system, and enhancing your cognitive ability, memory, and reaction times, plus more. Sulforaphane is a sulfur-containing compound naturally found in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables, but its concentration is significantly higher in sprouts.

🌀🌀 Based on these three academic sources below, Broccoli Sprouts have the most sulforaphane of all the cruciferous vegetables.

Sources:
1. Life Force by Tony Robbins (2022), https://amzn.to/3FguHik

2. Lifespan: Why We Age – and Why We Don’t Have To, by David Sinclair ( 2019) https://amzn.to/43Em5tF

3. How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease, by Michael Greger (2015), https://amzn.to/3Suw4wM

🌀🌀 As promised, here’s the link for buying your very own sprout maker:

Deluxe Kitchen Crop Seed Sprouter with 4 Growing Trays, https://amzn.to/3Hl37Rn

and Broccoli Sprouting & Microgreens Seeds -1lb – Organic, Non-GMO, Heirloom Sprout Seeds, https://amzn.to/4ki4ted

Good health is WEALTH, go for it💙

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Good food, good mood! Fabulous Zero Point Tuna Salad 

Prep 10 min
Serves 1

Ingredients:

½ cup beans

½ cup corn

6 oz. tuna packed in water

2 T. Salsa (scan your label, make sure it is zero point salsa)

2-3 T. chopped onion (I like red onions for this)

1 clove garlic

Optional: 

Add some chopped parsley (@1/2 cup)

½ of a jalapeno or habanero for extra spice

1 red pepper

 

Drain and empty tuna into a bowl.  Mash it up a bit.  Add the beans, corn and salsa.  Mix it up.   Add the chopped onion and garlic. Add the optional ingredients.

Serve as is, or use red pepper or cucumber slices to scoop it up (instead of crackers).  YUM!

Enjoy your zero point tuna salad!

To your best health,

Lisa Wessan

 

 

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