What is in the heat of a radish? It's a glucosinlate What is a glucosinloate? It's an organic sulfur compound that becomes a detoxification enzyme Health Benefits: Glucosinolates can help to terminate cancer cells, through a process known as biofumigation. Farmers use biofumigation to rid the soil of diseases and pests by planting a field of radishes or mustard. Once the crop has matured, they will disk it into the soil and let it decompose. When the radishes and mustards are chopped up and buried under the soil, strong sulfurous compounds (glucosinolates) are released into the soil, which overwhelms and kills organisms like Phytophthera fungi and parasitic nematodes, both of which cause significant damage to food crops. Much like in soil, this same strategy can be effective in the human gut by incorporating foods which contain glucosinolates, which can kill off parasites and infectious microbes, while favoring the growth of beneficial bacteria. This shouldn't make you think that eating lots of radishes every day is the answer to health and wellness. In fact, too much glucosinolate can be harmful if too much is consumed (the difference between medicine and poison is the dose). The key is to include spicy veggies on occasion, and to remember them as one piece of the puzzle to a healthy diet. Other veggies that have these same effects: garlic, all onions, chives, moringa, spicy brassicas like watercress, radish, mustard, wasabi, arugula, and many more.

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