Could broccoli be a secret weapon against diabetes?

Concentrated broccoli sprout extract may help type 2 diabetes patients manage their blood sugar, according to a new study.

Type 2 diabetes afflicts more than 300 million people globally, and as many as 15% of those patients cannot take the first-line therapy metformin because of kidney damage risks.

When the researchers gave concentrated broccoli sprout extracts to 97 human type 2 diabetes patients in a 12-week randomized placebo-controlled trial, obese participants who entered the study with dysregulated disease demonstrated significantly decreased fasting blood glucose levels compared to controls.

Source: http://www.aaas.org/