西兰花可预防关节炎

研究表明，西兰花可帮助预防关节炎。西兰花含有的萝卜硫素可以缓解关节软骨的损伤。

东英格利亚大学的伊恩·克拉克教授说，“不仅要治疗关节炎患者，我们也应该告诉健康人如何保护关节，预防关节炎。” “我们不能让健康人服用不必要的药物，所以饮食调理是一种安全的选择。”他说他们对小鼠进行试验，“我们现在希望在人类身上看到效果。”

英国关节炎研究机构的研究人员说：“如果这些发现可以被复制，将会是一个相当大的突破。”

骨关节炎是关节炎中最常见的病症，英国有850万人生活受此影响，而每年国家医疗服务体系要为此花费52亿英镑（当前汇率下约合500亿人民币）。

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BROCCOLI could help ward off arthritis, researchers say.

The vegetable contains a compound called sulforaphane that can slow the destruction of cartilage in joints.

Prof Ian Clark, of the University of East Anglia in Norwich, said: “As well as treating those who already have the condition, you need to be able to tell healthy people how to protect their joints into the future.

“You cannot give healthy people drugs unnecessarily, so this is where diet could be a safe alternative.”

He said they had carried out tests on mice and added: “We now want to show this works in humans.”

Alan Silman, of Arthritis Research UK, said: “If these findings can be replicated, it would be quite a breakthrough.”

Osteoarthritis, the most common form of the disease, affects 8.5 million Brits and costs the NHS ￡5.2billion a year.