Study: women who ate broccoli more likely to survive breast cancer

[Playinghardball]

Chinese women who ate cabbage, broccoli and leafy greens saw improved survival rates after breast cancer than women who did not eat these cruciferous vegetables, said a US study presented on Tuesday.

The findings came from data on 4,886 Chinese breast cancer survivors age 20-75 who were diagnosed with stage one to stage four breast cancer from 2002 to 2006 and who were part of the Shanghai Breast Cancer Survival study.

Women who ate more cruciferous vegetables over the 36 months following their diagnosis saw their risk of dying from any cause decrease by 27 percent to 62 percent compared to women who reporting eating little or none of these veggies.

The risk of dying of breast cancer decreased by 22 to 62 percent for the cruciferous veggie eaters, and their chance of experiencing a recurrence of breast cancer dropped by 21 to 35 percent.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/04/03/study-women-who-ate-broccoli-more-likely-to-survive-breast-cancer/

[aquart]

1. If I double up on the leafy greens, can I leave the broccoli on the plate?

[duhneece]

2. Try broccoli sprouts

They have even more of the anti-cancer phyto-nutrients...and they're tasty.

[surrealAmerican]

4. Of course.

Kale or cabbage will do just as well. Eat what you prefer.

[Richard D]

3. Makes a lot of sense

And somehow, someone should get to to scalia.

[Cleita]

6. Do we really care if he's getting enough broccoli? n/t

[Cleita]

5. Everyone should include a cruciferous vegetable in their meals every day.

These are veggies from the cabbage family and are known to help prevent cancers of all kinds.

[longship]

7. Email it to Scalia and really piss him off. nt