Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Onions and garlic -the popular cousins in fighting stomatch and prostate cancer

What would like be like without onions and organic?The onion and its botonical cousins,garlic has been used as an ingredient in various dishes for thousands of years by many cultures around around the world.They show up in probably more recipes than any other vegetables.They both have a long history of use as medicine,and their benefits are now verified by modern science.Garlic and Onions,as well as shallots,leeks,scallions,and chives,contain natural cancer fighting substances and one of them has been identified as allicin.Some of this compounds were found to inhibit the growth of tumors in rates and mices.Although research is still in its early stages,a few studies have also shown that onion and garlic consumption is associated with a reduced risk of certain cancer in people.Studies indicate that the Chinese with the highest intake of onions,garlic,and other Allium vegetables have a risk of stomatch cancer 40 percent less than those with the lowest intake.Elderly Dutch men and women with the highest onion consumption(at least one-half onion/day) had one-half the level of stomatch cancer compared with those not consuming onions at all.Astounding results were recently obtained by a group of researches at the National Cancer Institute,in Shanghai,China.Individuals who reported eating the most Allium vegetables(garlic,scallions,onions,chives and leeks)were found to have nearly 50 percent lower prostate cancer risk than those who ate very little or none.

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