In the most recent issue of Men’s Health Magazine, a short blurb on the nutrition bulletin page discusses a study promoting the benefits of eating broccoli. According to the results of the study, there is a naturally occurring compound in broccoli that may help protect against the nasal inflammation that helps cause asthma and allergic rhinitis.

According to Dr. Marc Riedl, the study’s principal investigator and an assistant professor of clinical immunology and allergy at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, “This is one of the first studies showing that broccoli sprouts—a readily available food source—offered potent biologic effects in stimulating an antioxidant response in humans.”

I guess mom really knew what she was talking about when she made sure that you finished your broccoli and other vegetables. For more information on the study and the methodology of the research, check out this excellent article on the broccoli study from the UCLA newsroom web page.