Post by hollister on Aug 7, 2007 7:32:28 GMT -7
Cabbage May Protect Against Breast Cancer
How much cabbage did you eat for your last supper? This question might seem silly, but the answer may hold the key to your breast cancer risk. I am not a big time cabbage eater myself, but may be I can change.
A Polish-born epidemiologist who noticed Polish women have lower breast cancer rates says that cabbage consumption makes a big difference. Pathak, along with colleagues from Michigan State University and the National Food and Nutrition Institute of Warsaw, Poland, evaluated the diet of Polish immigrants living in Chicago and surrounding Cook County, and the Detroit, Michigan, metropolitan area.
Women who ate at least three servings a week of raw- or short-cooked cabbage and sauerkraut had a significantly reduced breast cancer risk compared with those who only ate one serving per week, they said at the American Association for Cancer Research's Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research meeting in Baltimore this week.
Pathak says that eating a lot of cabbage in adolescence appears to protect against cancer as does eating a moderate amount as a teenager and a lot as an adult. But she said the cabbage must be raw or only slightly cooked. Pathak said breast cancer rates in Poland, where people consume an average of 30 pounds of cabbage a year, is about one-third that in the United States, where the average cabbage consumption is 10 pounds.
Good news for my Polish sisters - and hope they do not have to face the same thing I am dealing with at the moment.
a tad more
According to researchers at the University of Minnesota, cabbage does a heart good! According to Prevention Magazine (March 07), those researchers found that vegetables in the cabbage family may help to reduce inflammation. Inflammation is thought to lead to blocked arteries.
Cabbage is truly a wonder food, high in fiber and vitamin C in addition to being loaded with phytonutrients including eta-carotene and sulforaphane.
How much cabbage did you eat for your last supper? This question might seem silly, but the answer may hold the key to your breast cancer risk. I am not a big time cabbage eater myself, but may be I can change.
A Polish-born epidemiologist who noticed Polish women have lower breast cancer rates says that cabbage consumption makes a big difference. Pathak, along with colleagues from Michigan State University and the National Food and Nutrition Institute of Warsaw, Poland, evaluated the diet of Polish immigrants living in Chicago and surrounding Cook County, and the Detroit, Michigan, metropolitan area.
Women who ate at least three servings a week of raw- or short-cooked cabbage and sauerkraut had a significantly reduced breast cancer risk compared with those who only ate one serving per week, they said at the American Association for Cancer Research's Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research meeting in Baltimore this week.
Pathak says that eating a lot of cabbage in adolescence appears to protect against cancer as does eating a moderate amount as a teenager and a lot as an adult. But she said the cabbage must be raw or only slightly cooked. Pathak said breast cancer rates in Poland, where people consume an average of 30 pounds of cabbage a year, is about one-third that in the United States, where the average cabbage consumption is 10 pounds.
Good news for my Polish sisters - and hope they do not have to face the same thing I am dealing with at the moment.
a tad more
According to researchers at the University of Minnesota, cabbage does a heart good! According to Prevention Magazine (March 07), those researchers found that vegetables in the cabbage family may help to reduce inflammation. Inflammation is thought to lead to blocked arteries.
Cabbage is truly a wonder food, high in fiber and vitamin C in addition to being loaded with phytonutrients including eta-carotene and sulforaphane.
