Rhonda Patrick

Rhonda Patrick on Sulforaphane (Glucoraphanin)

Reported use

14 episodes · 45 references · 2013–2025

Based on dated public statements, not confirmation of use today.

Rhonda Patrick has reported taking Sulforaphane (Glucoraphanin). Referenced across 14 episodes with 45 total references.

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Consumption Evidence (4)

“I've really gotten back on the sulforaphane train and I take sulforaphane.”

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“Once the water is hot enough, I pour it on the sprouts and wait 10 minutes. I either rinse them off to cool them for a salad, or I put them into the blender with just enough ice and water to make a cup I can drink down.”

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“I'm able to sustain my 40 to 60 milligram of sulforaphane a day by sprouting.”

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“I'm taking avmacol so I'm taking that's my sulfurane that I take I take two of those.”

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Benefits (36)

“Men with low-grade prostate cancer that were supplementing with about 60 milligrams of sulforaphane a day slowed the doubling of their PSA antigen by about 86%.”

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“There's a compound found in some cruciferous vegetables and in particularly in broccoli sprouts, the young sprout of mature broccoli, called sulforaphane, which has been shown in now quite a few studies to increase the excretion of benzene.”

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“Breast tissue displayed increased levels of a gene called NQO1, which makes an enzyme that protects a very important tumor suppressor gene called P53 from being degraded.”

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“After receiving broccoli sprout extract containing about 37 milligrams of sulforaphane, the accumulation of sulforaphane was detected in actual human breast tissue.”

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“Men who ate two or more half cup servings of broccoli per week had a 44% lower incidence of bladder cancer.”

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Best practices (3)

“If you add mustard seed powder to your broccoli, it can increase that bioavailability. It basically helps by adding an exogenous source of that enzyme back to the broccoli.”

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“The best protocol for your sprouts is about 10 minutes at 70 degrees Celsius, or 60 degrees Celsius if you're doing this to mature broccoli florets.”

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“Broccoli sprouts are a great source of sulforaphane. About 45 to 100 grams a day gets you about some of the doses that I talked about in these studies.”

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Cautions (2)

“If you go too hot for too long, however, you run the risk of disabling myrosinase.”

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“Isothiocyanates have been referred to as goitrogens because a small amount of them can compete for iodine transport into the thyroid gland.”

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