'St. Broccoli Day' Encourages Eating Green After St. Patrick's Day, Prompts "Spring Cleaning" for Your Body

Broccoli contains highest concentration of detox antioxidant, glucoraphanin, kicking off week-long celebration leading up to We Love Broccoli Day on March 22

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Mar 18, 2015, 09:13 ET

SALINAS, Calif., March 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- By mid-March, despite it being National Nutrition Month, more than half of Americans have given up on their new year's resolutions, which include eating better and drinking less alcohol. The memories of the first week of January cleanses are overshadowed by events like the Super Bowl and St. Patrick's Day, where "going green" means green beer, green eggs & ham, corned beef and potatoes.

So, it's no wonder millions of consumers wake up the morning after St. Patrick's Day looking for ways to get their nutrition back on track. Enter today, the inaugural St. Broccoli Day, sparking a different kind of "go green" celebration leading up to National We Love Broccoli Day on Sunday, March 22!

Broccoli contains the highest amount of uber detox antioxidant, glucoraphanin, shown to increase the elimination of carcinogens in the body by 61 percent[1]. Similarly, new organic BroccoLeaf — the leaves of broccoli — contains antioxidants and phytonutrients, which are powerful detoxifiers.

"When it comes to good nutrition, no one can or should be a saint every day! With spring breaking through, the day right after St. Patrick's Day is a great one to start spring cleaning your body," says renowned registered dietitian Ashley Koff. "I always recommend organic broccoli and BroccoLeaf to my patients. No detox effort is as effective without it."

Looking for fun ways to spring clean your diet with broccoli? Consider the below recipes:

The BroccoLatte
The Massaged BroccoLeaf Salad
The Skin-renewing Smoothie
The Broccoli Wrap & Roll
The BroccoSlaw

In March, Koff is available for interviews and to demonstrate delicious spring cleaning ideas that include broccoli and broccoli leaves.

Koff will host a live Facebook chat on March 22 from 3–4 p.m. at www.Facebook.com/FoxyProduce, where she'll offer nutrition advice and suggest unique ways broccoli and organic BroccoLeaf can be prepared. St. Broccoli Day, declared by Foxy Produce, is being celebrated at www.StBroccoli.com where consumers can find more cleansing recipes and amusing content. They can also use hashtags, #StBroccoliDay and #VegOut on social media.

For more information and a list of celebrity chefs and dietitians who have praised organic BroccoLeaf visit www.TheBroccoLeaf.com.

About The Nunes Company & Foxy Produce:

The Nunes Company, Inc. is a family-owned international marketing organization that markets its products under the Foxy brand names. Founded nearly forty years ago, Foxy Produce is a four-generation, family-owned farming business. Though Foxy Produce has expanded to sell full lines of traditional and organic vegetables at major retailers nationwide, its commitment to its old-fashioned farming roots remains unchanged. Foxy Produce packages straight from the fields to ensure that consumers receive the freshest produce possible, and it sells whole vegetables and fruit to minimize processing. For more information about the company, please visit Foxy Produce at www.Foxy.com.

[1] Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. (2014). Broccoli Sprout Beverage Enhances Detoxification of Air Pollutants in Clinical Trial in China.

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