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" that is actively protective against breast cancer. For example, cruciferous vegetables like broccoli boost the activity of detoxifying enzymes in your liver. Research has shown that if you feed people broccoli and brussels sprouts, they clear caffeine more quickly—meaning that if you eat a lot of cruciferous vegetables, you’d have to drink more coffee to get the same buzz because your liver (the body’s purifier) has become so revved up.102 Might this process work for those cooked meat carcinogens as well? "

Michael Greger , How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease


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Michael  Greger quote : that is actively protective against breast cancer. For example, cruciferous vegetables like broccoli boost the activity of detoxifying enzymes in your liver. Research has shown that if you feed people broccoli and brussels sprouts, they clear caffeine more quickly—meaning that if you eat a lot of cruciferous vegetables, you’d have to drink more coffee to get the same buzz because your liver (the body’s purifier) has become so revved up.102 Might this process work for those cooked meat carcinogens as well?