Tiny broccoli sprouts carry far more of the compound that becomes sulforaphane than grown broccoli does, and they’re one of the few “detox foods” tested in a large human trial on air pollutants. Here’s what that trial found, the forms people use, and the food-safety cautions for raw sprouts.
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