News tagged with eating broccoli


Designer diet for prostate cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 02, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (18) | comments 0

Eating one or more portions of broccoli every week can reduce the risk of prostate cancer, and the risk of localised cancer becoming more aggressive.





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From and for the heart, My Dear Valentine: Broccoli!

From and for the heart, My Dear Valentine: Broccoli!

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 21, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Wishing your Valentine good heart health on February 14 — and throughout 2008" Then consider the food some people love to hate, and hand over a gift bag of broccoli along with that heart-shaped box of chocolates. ...


Extract of broccoli sprouts may protect against bladder cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 28, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A concentrated extract of freeze dried broccoli sprouts cut development of bladder tumors in an animal model by more than half, according to a report in the March 1 issue of Cancer Research, a journal of the American Associ ...


Broccoli could reverse the heart damaging effects of diabetes

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 06, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (14) | comments 0

Researchers have discovered eating broccoli could undo the damage caused by diabetes to heart blood vessels.


Breeding better broccoli

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Carotenoids—fat-soluble plant compounds found in some vegetables—are essential to the human diet and reportedly offer important health benefits to consumers. Plant carotenoids are the most important source of vitamin A in ...


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Scientists show how certain vegetables combat cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 23, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Women should go for the broccoli when the relish tray comes around during holiday celebrations this season.


Worried about prostate cancer? Tomato-broccoli combo shown to be effective

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 15, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

A new University of Illinois study shows that tomatoes and broccoli--two vegetables known for their cancer-fighting qualities--are better at shrinking prostate tumors when both are part of the daily diet than when they're ...


Research reveals a broccoli boost for arteries

Research reveals a broccoli boost for arteries

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- New British Heart Foundation (BHF) research from Imperial College London may have revealed why vegetables are good for the heart. The findings suggest that a chemical found in vegetables such ...


Researcher offers a greater incentive to eat your greens

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland PhD candidate and nutritionist Christine Houghton is set to investigate whether broccoli could help in the fight against diabetes.


Culinary shocker: Cooking can preserve, boost nutrient content of vegetables

Culinary shocker: Cooking can preserve, boost nutrient content of vegetables

Chemistry /

created Dec 24, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (69) | comments 2

In a finding that defies conventional culinary wisdom, researchers in Italy report that cooking vegetables can preserve or even boost their nutritional value in comparison to their raw counterparts, depending ...


Gutsy germs succumb to baby broccoli

Gutsy germs succumb to baby broccoli (w/Videos)

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A small, pilot study in 50 people in Japan suggests that eating two and a half ounces of broccoli sprouts daily for two months may confer some protection against a rampant stomach bug that ...



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