Cabbage and broccoli Powerful Reduce Breast Cancer Risk?

HEALTH BLOG~Vegetables rich in vitamins and fiber. Fiber content is good for digestion. Mustard greens, broccoli, bok choy is a type of green vegetables are good for women. Because the potent greenssuppress breast cancer cells.


According to a study published in the United States on Tuesday (3/4), collards, broccoli and other green vegetables can reduce therisk of breast cancer. Women in China who eat cabbage, broccoliand green leafy vegetables increased their immune system after recovering from breast cancer.

The revelation resulted from studies involving 4886 women with breast cancer aged 20-75 years in China. As many as 20-70% of cancer patients 1sampai stage 4 in 2002 to 2006. Time of the studyrespondents were warned to eat more green vegetables for 36months.






The result, they are diagnosed with the disease will die just getting better and the risk of death dropped by 62 percent. While fewerrespondents ate vegetables just as much as 27 percent lower risk.

"Increasing your intake of green vegetables could be the right food choices. These foods can help stay healthy and mengurangir risk of breast cancer, "said Sarah Nechuta, a postdoctoral researcher atVanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.


Vegetables commonly consumed in China is a turnip, cabbage, andbok choy. While green vegetables like broccoli and spinach moreoften consumed in the United States and other Western countries.However, vegetable consumption among women in China is much higher than women in America.

"In future studies should focus more on the bioactive compoundscontained in vegetables, such as isothuocyanate and indoles whichmay give an effect on cancer," added Nechuta

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