Jarrow Formulas BroccoMax - 120 Veggie Capsules - Supports Healthy Cell Replication & Liver Health Dietary Supplement - 60 Servings (Packaging May Vary)

Effective and it works! Some flawed one star reviews

I don't write reviews often, but felt obligated after reading a lot of faulty misguided and uneducated one star reviews. One review states it only has 30mcg compared to mercolas 350mcg. Actually this contains 30mg which is 30,000 mcg which is exponentially more potent than mercolas. Another review states it's only glucosinolate and not sulforaphane. Sulforaphane is not stable and doesn't actually exist naturally in appreciable quantities in nature. Broccoli contains Glucosinolate and myrosinase, and when eaten/ chewed, the two mix in the gut and myrosinase converts glucosinolate into sulforaphane. This product contains both enzymes (one review claims it doesn't contain myrosinase). So taking this product is mimicking what happens in nature. Glucosinolate content is what you need to look at as long as some myrosinase is present. This has large quantities (30mg) and is higher than any other supplement I've seen on the market. Many other supplements lack myrosinase so that's something you'll want to pay attention to since glucosinolate won't convert to sulforaphane without it. I dropped it to four stars because there are two things to be aware of: it now contains rice maltodextrin. I'm not a fan that they put carbs into this pill. The other is that it may give you some mild gut distress. I think that's why it says to eat 30 min after consuming. But the upside of taking this supplement outweighs the downside in my opinion

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The most amazing supplement I have ever taken

I have type 2 diabetes, use various prescribed drugs including insulin, follow a extremely strict ultra low carb diet, all as prescribed by my two doctors, yet have struggled for years to keep blood sugar low; it has always jumped around. I have never met anyone else with as severed a problem while being so strict. My own doctor says I am a "model diabetic patient." I have also tried nearly every available pill, food and trick that has claimed to help, but none of those have made significant difference, including chromium, "miracle cures", etc. I continually monitor studies which show an effect on blood sugar, which is how I discovered this product. You can buy the same extract the researchers used, but BroccoMax is a lot less expensive. The best suppements until now have been 5 g of Ceylon cinnamon and 1 g of portulaca daily divided into two doses, which combined often lower it by 5%. I have been using BroccoMax for about 45 days, and it immediately made a very noticeable difference, consistently lowering it another 20%. This means I have had to really cut back on my Insulin to keep from getting "lows." I am still in the process of reducing my insulin even more. Originally it was planned that I take 4 * 500 mg Metformin XL pills daily, but anything over 2 pills produced constant diarrhea. The Boccomax seems to have made up for the two pills I cannot take, and it has not produced any ill effects. While the blood sugar has dropped well below 100, so far I have not had any "hypros", although I have been extremely careful. Because I am so big, I am taking almost double the amount stated on the bottle, divided into 3 doses, taken on an empty stomach and hour before meals. Cutting my insulin means that I will lose weight. I have even been able to eat 5 fresh cherries without raising my blood sugar level--I have not been able to tolerate any non-fiber carbs before. Your experience may well be different; just be extremely diligent in monitoring your blood sugar while using this. I am not suggesting that this is a cure; continue to work with your doctor. In effect, it gets the message to your liver that there is plenty of sugar in the bloodstream, so it does not need to keep making more

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Unethical to keep old reviews for new product. Broccomax now 17.5mg SGS per capsule, not 30mg.

Updated review 8/23/2021: New product has the same front label and no indication that the product has changed. Previously, Broccomax contained 30mg SGS per capsule. The “new” Broccomax contains only 35mg SGS per TWO capsules (17.5mg per capsule) at the same pricing as the old. So they basically just doubled the price, but really since many people who have taken the product for years won't notice the change, they're causing people to get less supplement than they think they're taking. Jarrow should have changed the front label for the new product so that it was obvious to look for a change in the formulation or dose. The cost per unit of SGS (glucoraphanin) is still competitive with what's on the market, and this formulation is better than many because it contains myrosinase, but I'm unhappy about the deception in the change, and I hate companies that label their supplements with with number of capsules on the front but the dose per multi-capsule “serving” on the back. I think consumer labeling law should require the front label to display number of servings, not number of capsules, if the serving size is more than one capsule. The Jarrow phone number on the website went unanswered for at least several weeks that I tried to get in touch with them by phone, while the old version of this product went out of stock at many retailers. I wonder if the company has new, less scrupulous owners. I always used to trust Jarrow supplements, but now I'm not sure I should. This was a dirty trick. Previous review: Very strange smell, like mothballs. Worried about contamination. These pills smell exactly like bathroom deodorizer or freshener - urinal cakes or mothballs, to be more specific. A sweet, chemical smell, not vegetal or like broccoli. Seeing as napthalene, which is what urinal cakes and mothballs are made of, is toxic, I am very concerned about the safety of these pills. My bottle is LOT 66221A21 Best Used Before 01/23. Disappointingly, Jarrow did not return my call about my safety concern. [UPDATE Jarrow ultimately replaced my bottle with one directly from the factory, and it was fine. Maybe the bottle I got was stored next to something heavily fragranced at the warehouse.] [2nd Update: I think the replacement bottle I got was the new 35mg per two capsules. Ripoff.

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Autism families must try this!

Our son is diagnosed level 2 on the autism spectrum. When he was 2-4 we really struggled. He was nonverbal, had an extremely difficult time with transitions, and became aggressive. Most of that was probably frustration with not being able to communicate his needs or understand ours. We start a probiotic at 3, which helped tummy issues. We started Broccomax just after he turned 4. Still nonverbal at the time. Within a month we noticed increased communication not only in words from him, but receptive to us. It was amazing, and has proven I think to be a huge factor in his tremendous growth over the last year. We still give it to him daily and will continue to do so. We open the capsule in his milk. It doesn't really fully dissolve but I just give it shake if he leaves his cup sitting. He is super picky - I mean super picky and had no problem even in a semi transparent cup. I feel like this product has changed our lives, given us Hope for the future, and our son can thrive now. He is now saying 3-4 word sentences!

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Four Stars

Works well for autism spectrum after 2 weeks noticed drastic changes in our so

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We are seeing a real difference in my 10 year …

We are seeing a real difference in my 10 year old Aspy that is taking this. I would never endorse something that I didn't see true difference from, and we are fussy about what goes into our kids

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It's amazing how much difference it has made

I got these for my 5yr old grandson who is autistic after seeing a news report.I am here to tell you we have seen a big difference in are grandson his behaved has calmed and he is saying more words everyday.It's amazing how much difference it has made.We give him 1 capsule a day in a drink we pull them apart and dump them in as he won't swallow them.we are so excited at the change we tell anyone who will listen.please if you have a autistic child try them it took a couple weeks befor we saw such a change it works a.We did have 2 days he fell asleep befor he got his cup and his behavior regressed he went back to happy when back on schedule so its a on going thing but its worth the effort.He has had no side affects and hes completely potty trained now.I thank the lord for seeing the news report the study was just on boys I don't know why no girls but I would of tried it on a granddaughter if she was autistic also

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Great stuff! I credit it with helping to keep …

Great stuff! I credit it with helping to keep me alive (I have stage IV prostate cancer). I recommended it to a friend who has a different cancer. It has helped er too

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Lowered my blood glucose

I bought this to see if it would help with my type 2 diabetes after reading about clinical trials that linked (concentrated from broccoli) sulfurophane to lowered blood glucose levels. I started with one capsule in the evening but after a week I had detected little improvement in my numbers so I upped to 3 capsules per day and that made a huge difference for me; possibly because I'm a large person. I'm reordering now

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God's Miracle Chemical gift to us

The BEST sup made by Jarrows is their BroccoMax. Contained in these capsules is the near miraculous chemical Sulforaphane Gluco Sinolate (before taking these there was no way I could remember or spell SGS). There is 30mg of SGS per cap. which is metabolized to sulforaphane, the actual miracle chemical. This little wonder reduces chol, BP, cancer, stomach ulcers and I am sure dementia and does tons of other things like liver detox. Even though I take it, and recommend it I am giving it only 4 stars. Jarrows is produced from the seed. Vitacost has a brocco sup produced from the sprout (I take and love both). Jarrows contains 60mg SGS & 2.8mg Sulforaphane (per 2 caps) whereas Vitacost contains 60mg glucosinolate (the best liver detoxifier there is) and 3mg sulforaphane (per 2 caps). Vitacost by a nose or sprout

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