Benefits Of Soybeans

Soybeans whether as miso soup or tofu or staught up, contain genistein. This phytochemicsal seems to keep tiny tumor from getting connected to capillaries that carry oxygen and nutrition. Without these supply lines, the tumor never grows, mitastasizes or kills.

Benefits Of Hot chili peppers

Hot chili peppers contain the phytochemical capsaicin. It keeps carcinogens like those in cigarette smoke from binding to DNA, where they can trigger the changes that lead to lug and other cancers.

Benefits Of Citrus Fruits And Berries

Citrus fruits and berries contain flavenoids, which keep cancer-causing hormones from latching onto a cell. In fact, almost every fruit and vegetable contains these powerful cancer-fighting phytoche-micals.

Benefits Of Tomatoes

Tomatoes are rich in p-coumaric acid and chlorogenic acid. Both of these phytochemicals work by disrupting the chemical wedding between two common molecules in cells-a union that can produce a carcinogen. Strawberries, pineapples and green peppers are also rich in these acids.

Benefits Of Garlic And Onions

Garlic and onions contain phytoche-micals called allylic sulfides that seem to protect against stomach cancer. They work by waking up enzymes inside cells which detoxify cancer-causing chemicals.

Benefits Of Broccoli

Broccoli is bonanza vein of phytochemicals. Sulfora-phane sets in motion a process that whisks carcinogens out of cells; PEITC prevents carcinogens from binding to DNA : indole-3-carbinol helps a precursor to the hormone estrogen break up into a benign rather than a cancer-causing from.

Vegetarian Health

Vegetarians are less likely to develop cancer and tend to live longer than other people, according to a study recently published in the British Medical Journal. For twelve years, researcher monitored the health of more than 5,000 vegetarians and 6,000 meat-eaters who had similar lifestyles. The incidence of death from cancer among the vegetarians was found to be 40% lower than that among meat lovers. The first group was also found to face 20% less risk of dying from other natural causes. After taking into account such lifestyle factors as smoking and obesity, the researchers at the London School of Hygiene and the University of Oxford pinpointed diet as the key reason. But they said they have yet to isolate which feature of vegetatian diets accounts for the difference. Vegetarians eat less saturated fat than meat-eaters and more foods containing antioxidants, which are thought to help protect against cancer. Said the report: The results do confirm that those who have chosen to change to a vegetarian diet might expect reductions in premature mortality.