Broccoli The "B" in Beating Cancer
Many people see broccoli as nothing more than another green
vegetable that they are supposed to consume as part of the
eat five a day regieme. Well people that is where you are wrong. Broccoli is not
just another vegetable broccoli is in fact a super
vegetable that can help fight against and prevent cancer.
So lets look at broccoli a little closer. Broccoli contains life-enhancing, health-enhancing
phytochemicals that protect all ten of the body's healing
zones and broccoli is also among the foods that are richest in these agents. Broccoli's phytochemicals help protect the body
from Cancer, cardiovaascular disorders and premature aging
but in this article we are focusing on Cancer. Broccoli has been recognised as the number one vegetable
by the National Cancer Institute and if you want to prevent
your body from getting cancer it is suggested that one
half cup of broccoli a day will do just that. A half a cup of broccoli per day can provide the body with
protection from various types of cancer including cancer
of the oesophagus, lungs, larynx, stomach, colon, prostate
and mouth. So what is the magic ingrediant? Sulforaphane,
an antioxidant that works by bonding with toxins it
encounters and then flushes these toxic substances from the body. The antioxidants in broccoli also inactivate oestrogens
that are known as 16 alphahydroxyestrone. These oestrogens
promote cancer of the ovaries, breasts and cervix. Broccoli also contains both the beta and alphacarotenes and
this is what accounts for broccoli's ability to both resist
and even help to reverse lung cancer and also slow the
growth rate of tumours. That's not all broccoli also contains high chlorophyll
levels and this helps to block pre-cancerous cell
mutations. One serving of broccoli will also provide you with 125%
more vitamin C than that of a glass of orange juice and
together with the anticancer antioxidant beta-carotene
broccoli helps to reduce the risk of respiratory tract and
gastrointestinal tumours. So as you can see broccoli really is the "B" when it comes
to beating cancer. Don't you think it's time you started eating more broccoli.
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