Cabbage of breast cancer recurrence

April 6, 2012

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As shown by statistics, a woman who managed to overcome   mammary cancer They are less likely to develop relapse If they use a lot of vegetables cabbage family.

These data were obtained from a large study of American scientists presented at a meeting of the Association for Research cancer .

More than 5,000 Chinese women of various ages took part in this test. All subjects in the past suffered from breast cancer between 2002 and 2006.

Women are invited to fill out a special questionnaire, in which they are described in detail their diet at the beginning of the disease, as well as one and a half and three years. Thereafter, all the subjects were divided into 5 groups, wherein the number of the cabbage family vegetables are eaten.

Five years after the onset of the disease women who ate most of such vegetables on a 50% reduced risk of death from the disease, compared to those women who, if less than three times the cabbage. Thus, the researchers concluded that action to reduce recurrence and death for women who have had the disease, you must comply with on a daily basis diet Which involves the consumption of at least 150 grams of cabbage.

For the cabbage family includes such vegetables like cabbage, chinese, brussels sprouts, broccoli, and other species. They all contain a large number of glucosinolates Transforming the body to specific substances, which possess anti-cancer properties. Such data has already been proven in the laboratory.