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Cancer Commentary - Caring About Cancer

May 19th, 2007

Like Eating Broccoli? Better Eat Broccoli Sprouts

It has already been said that phytochemicals from cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, cauliflower and the likes have strong anti-cancer properties. Even pregnant women by eating these veggies will help protect their unborn children from developing cancer later in their adult life.
However, it seems like new wonders in broccoli keep getting discovered, probably to give us […]

By Gloria Gamat -- 2 comments

April 24th, 2007

Phytochemicals in Cruciferous Vegetables Suppress Human Prostate Cancer Cells

Cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, watercress, cabbage and cauliflower are rich sources of chemicals that not only stop the growth of human prostate cancer cells in mice but could also cut off the formation of blood vessels that feed tumors.
Such were the findings of a research team from University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute led by Shivendra […]

By Gloria Gamat -- 0 comments