Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Eating veggies could slow cancer

Eating veggies could slow cancer: studies
by Graham Osborne
October 2, 2012 
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Can eating your veggies really help to fight cancer and other chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes?

New research has found that dozens of plant-based compounds can slow the spread of many common cancers – including breast, skin, lung, prostate, colorectal and others – by turning on cancer-fighting, metastasis suppressor genes.

The discovery ... gives us a mechanism to explain the observations that people on ‘healthy diets’ are less prone to developing cancer.  FULL ARTICLE: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/lifestyle/diet-and-fitness/eating-vegies-could-slow-cancer-studies-20121001-26v4n.html 

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