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  • Study shows how broccoli fights cancer

    07/01/2008 10:11:08 PM PDT · by grey_whiskers · 27 replies · 147+ views
    Yahoo News ^ | 7-1-2008 | Michael Kahn
    LONDON (Reuters) - Just a few more portions of broccoli each week may protect men from prostate cancer, British researchers reported on Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT The researchers believe a chemical in the food sparks hundreds of genetic changes, activating some genes that fight cancer and switching off others that fuel tumors, said Richard Mithen, a biologist at Britain's Institute of Food Research.