Fruit-and-Vegetable-Rich Diet and Cancer Prevention

by Gloria Gamat on December 8th, 2007

I’ve blogged on and on above the beneficial effects of a fruits-and-vegetable-rich diet against cancer.

Though the effects are not immediate, in the long run, such diet has a role on cancer prevention.

Now, there is new evidence for the protective effects of fruits and vegetables.

Researchers presented at the American Association for Cancer Research’s Sixth Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention, new data that demonstrate how diets full of raw vegetables –particularly broccoli sprouts — and black raspberries could prevent or slow the growth of some common forms of cancer.

You will have to read the full article from Science Daily, but the highlights are the following:

Black raspberries modulate markers of oxidative stress in patients with Barrett’s esophagus
Inhibition of urinary bladder carcinogenesis by broccoli sprouts
Consumption of raw, but not cooked, cruciferous vegetables and reduction of bladder cancer risk

I think these days nobody remains unconvinced with the anti-cancer properties of most fruits and vegetables.

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