Any affects on sleep? Mood? Make you calm or give you energy?
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Haven't noticed any effects on sleep, but it clears brain fog and makes me feel good, yeah at first was mild euphoria and boost in energy but now it just makes me feel calm and good, improves autistic symptoms. I don't have chronic fatigue though. I started adding wasabi now to activate the sulfurophane as explained in the article bellow. What percentage of sulforaphane does your supplement say it has? That would be ten times more than the amount in my supplement if its around 0.4% sulforaphane.
"Do you need expensive broccoli supplements?
There are numerous cheap broccoli supplements and some moderately priced ones.
We know from the research that supplements generally are not reliable, because they often do not contain what is on the label. This matters more with some products than others. With broccoli products the big question is whether they really contain active myrosinase. This is an enzyme that you need to make Sulforaphane when you eat broccoli.
Several years ago, when I started with Sulforaphane, I bought large tubs of Australian broccoli powder and one pack of Daikon radish powder. Daikon radishes are rich in myrosinase and it is relative stable, so it can survive processing. My idea was to start with just the broccoli powder and then, if not effective, add some Daikon radish powder for the extra myrosinase. In the end I did not need to even open the Daikon radish powder. A small scoop of this broccoli powder produced a profound effect, euphoria after minutes and then much more “speech”. Back then “speech” was more like babbling single words – but it was some kind of speech at least.
Many people report broccoli powder improved speech, even parents of young Aspies report it.
Some people found the effect on mood to be remarkable.
Long term users report that over time they have to increase the dose to maintain the effect.
It is important to note that for some people the benefit may not be from Sulforaphane, but rather from indole-3-carbinol (I3C).
Spice up Broccoli with Wasabi?
In the original research from decades ago, the Johns Hopkins researchers combined Daikon radish sprouts with broccoli sprouts, the Daikon radish sprouts where there to provide myrosinase. The product had to kept deep frozen.
Daikon radish is widely available and is a good source of myrosinase.
I was re-reading old research and noted one researcher advocating putting Wasabi on your broccoli – the spicier the better apparently. Wasabi is Japanese horseradish and is widely available. If it comes on a large bottle is likely fake wasabi - yes like they fake saffron, they fake wasabi.
Is it crazy to add wasabi to your broccoli capsules?
Look at what is in the expensive Avmacol supplement that they only sell in North America.
In the research they found that adding just 0.25% Daikon to frozen broccoli “brought it back to life” and sulforaphane was found in the person eating it.
If you are using gelatine capsules with broccoli powder you can open them and, using a pointed knife, add a small amount of wasabi, re-seal and then swallow. There is no taste or smell of wasabi.
It is bit fiddly to do this, but you soon master doing it."
