Eating broccoli and cauliflower can slash a man's risk of developing aggressive prostate
cancer in half. A team from the U.S. National Cancer Institute and Cancer Care Ontario in Toronto conducted a study of the diets of 1,300 men and found that eating broccoli and cauliflower regularly cut their risk of developing deadly prostate cancer better than any other vegetable.
The team found that, overall, eating fruits and vegetables didn't appear to lower the risk of prostate cancer, even though previous studies have shown a link. But their study found that eating at least one weekly serving of dark green and cruciferous vegetables, which include broccoli and cauliflower, did, in fact, lower the risk of developing aggressive prostate cancer. A weekly serving of broccoli lowers the risk by 45 percent, and a weekly serving of cauliflower cut the risk still more, by 52 percent. Eating spinach also seemed to reduce the risk, but the findings weren't clear.
"Aggressive prostate cancer is biologically virulent and associated with poor prognosis," said study leader Dr. Victoria Kirsch. "A possible means to reduce the burden of this disease may be primary prevention through increased consumption of broccoli, cauliflower, and possibly spinach."
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