Cruciferous vegetables-excellent cancer fighter

Over the past 20 years,scientists all over the world have consistently found that people who eat greater amounts of vegetables and fruits have lower rates of cancer.For example,researchers have discovered that cruciferous vegetables -such as broccoli,cauliflower,brussels sprouts,kale and turnips-are brimming with a natural chemical that can significant lower your risk of cancer.The name of this extraordinary chemicals is indole-3-carbinol.Supplementing food that contains indole-3-carbinol has been found to reduce 'estradiol' levels,thereby significantly decreasing the threat of breast or prostate cancer.Indole-3-carbinol also encourage a process called apoptosis,which involves the elimination of cancerous cells from your body.Not only that,researches have also found that this pythochemical can help prevent cancer cells from growing-that is it inhibits cancer cells by an extraordinary 90 percent in some cases.In addition to indole-3-carbinol,cruciferous vegetables also contain another important cancer fighter,the isothiocyanates.Researchers in Finland have identified this compound in sauerkraut,a traditional German dish made from fermented cabbage,In animal studies,this compounds prevented the growth of cancer particularly in the breast,colon,lung and liver.Both these pythochemicals were found to enhance DNA repair in cells,perhaps helping to stop them becoming cancerous as reported in a recent British Journal of cancer.

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