Another reason to eat your broccoli raw.Another reason to eat your broccoli raw Last year, Canadian researchers reported that some of the most potent natural anticancer agents present in broccoli and related cruciferous cru·ci·fer n. 1. One who bears a cross in a religious procession. 2. Botany Any of various plants in the mustard family (Cruciferae or Brassicaceae), which includes the alyssum, candytuft, cabbage, radish, broccoli, and veggies Veggies of Nottingham, also known as Veggies Catering Campaign, is a campaigning group based in Nottingham, England, promoting ethicalbum alternatives to mainstream fast food. , such as cabbage and cauliflower, predominate only in the raw produce (SN: 11/25/89, p.351). Now Agricultural Research Service scientists in Beltsville, Md., find that cooking broccoli, and its cruciferous brethren, also takes its toll on an important nutrient -- one some suspect may help protect against atherosclerosis. Four ounces of raw broccoli contains twice the vitamin C in an equivalent amount of reconstituted frozen orange juice Noun 1. frozen orange juice - orange juice that has been concentrated and frozen orange-juice concentrate concentrate - a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water orange juice - bottled or freshly squeezed juice of oranges -- about 100 milligrams. If the broccoli is especially fresh -- evidenced by a bluish-green hue -- it can contain up to 40 percent more of this vitamin. Because vitamin C is the premier antioxidant antioxidant, substance that prevents or slows the breakdown of another substance by oxygen. Synthetic and natural antioxidants are used to slow the deterioration of gasoline and rubber, and such antioxidants as vitamin C (ascorbic acid), butylated hydroxytoluene in blood (SN: 8/26/89, p.133), some researchers suggest diets high in this nutrient may help protect against the development of atherosclerotic deposits. But freezing, boiling, blanching
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