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11/18/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Natural chemicals produced by vegetables like kale and broccoli help maintain a healthy gut and prevent colon cancer

Cases of colon cancer are on the rise, which is bad news considering it’s the second leading cause of cancer death in adults in the U.S. How can you avoid being one of the 97,220 new cases of colon cancer expected this year? While there is a genetic component to colon cancer that you can’t […]

08/28/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Fighting colorectal cancer with gut health: Certain probiotic bacteria, combined with broccoli, found to prevent and reduce tumors

Broccoli has a lot of health benefits and is a known cancer-fighting food, but according to a recent study, combining the vegetable with engineered probiotics can help kill colorectal cancer cells. Even though the five-year survival rates for the earliest stages of colorectal cancer are “relatively good,” the later stages chances of survival decline as […]

08/02/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

The effects of heat on the beneficial qualities of turnip greens

A team of researchers from the University of Santiago de Compostela conducted an experiment to determine which cooking method had the least detrimental effects on Brassica vegetables. Exposing these types of vegetables to heat is known to negatively impact their phytochemical content. Four sample of turnip greens were washed, chopped, and sliced prior to being […]

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