Community History. The community of Heber had its origins with the construction of the Imperial Valley branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad during the early 1900's. The Imperial Land Company, working under the direction of the California Development Company, elected to honor company President A.H. Heber by naming the community after him in 1903.
Sulforaphane can be found in cruciferous vegetables including cauliflower, cabbage, brussels sprouts, kale, bok choy, turnips, and collard greens. With that said, the highest amounts of this bioactive compound has been found in broccoli sprouts. Benefits of Sulforaphane. Spicy Cabbage Turmeric Stew/One Green Planet
Sulforaphane also protects against cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases . Apart from sulforaphane, broccoli sprouts contain many other bioactive, health-promoting compounds, such as gallic, chlorogenic, ferulic, sinapinic, benzoic and salicylic acids, quercetin, kaempferol, and vitamin C . Sulforaphane Benefits A lot of the information given below is derived from animal and laboratory-based studies. Human studies are still falling behind, but will hopefully soon follow.