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Cabbage, broccoli could help prevent colon cancer: Study

London: Eating green leafy vegetables such as kale, cabbage as well as broccoli could help maintain a healthy gut and prevent colon cancer, says a new study. The findings revealed that mice fed on a diet rich in indole-3-carbinol (I3C) — which is produced when we digest these vegetables — were protected from gut inflammation […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Eating radish may prevent heart disease, stroke: Study

Tokyo: Eating carrots, onions and broccoli are passe, the humble radish could be the newest heart-healthy vegetable, say researchers. The findings showed that compounds found in the Sakurajima Daikon, or “monster,” radish could help protect coronary blood vessels and potentially prevent heart disease and stroke, researchers including Katsuko Kajiya from the Kagoshima University in Japan […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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How gut bacteria, broccoli can help keep bowel cancer away

Singapore: Researchers have developed a cocktail of bacteria and cruciferous vegetables that can potentially turn into a targeting system that seeks out and kills colorectal cancer cells. Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide, after lung and prostate cancer. Although the 5-year survival rates for earlier stages of this cancer are relatively good, […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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James Bond could be black or woman

Los Angeles: The makers of James Bond movies are open to having a black actor or a woman play the famous fictional spy. Producer Barbara Broccoli says she wouldn’t hesitate breaking from the tradition that has seen Bond being played by white, middle-aged men. She is open to having a black or woman as the […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Broccoli may ward off leaky gut problems

New York: Suffering from digestive problems like leaky gut and colitis? Consuming three and a half cups of a fibrous vegetable with many nutrients, like broccoli, each day may help maintain a healthy gut, a new study has suggested. Good intestinal barrier function means that the gastrointestinal tract is helping protect the intestines from toxins […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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