Nutrition and Diet Tips

The recent research supports previous findings that indicate that consumption of cruciferous vegetables including broccoli reduces the risk of developing bladder tumors.

Cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage, contain isothiocyanates (ITC), substances that have anticancer properties and therefore its protective effect against bladder cancer. Also influences the bladder is particularly sensitive to these natural chemicals, as stated by the principal investigator.

The study was to evaluate the effects of broccoli sprouts extract freeze-dried in rats which were given a substance that induces bladder cancer. After comparing the effect in rats that received no extract and with rats receiving lower doses of the extract.

The results show that 96% of rats not given the broccoli extract about two tumors developed, however, rats that received low doses of the extract developed in 74% of the cases an average of 1.39 tumors. The group that received higher doses of the extract development only an average of 0.46 tumors in 38% of the animals.

We used extract of broccoli sprouts because of the cruciferous sprouts contain about 30 times more than ITC fresh broccoli and sprouts extract contains about 600 times that amount. However, the researchers say it is likely that humans consume cruciferous vegetables, broccoli in its fresh form may be sufficient to prevent bladder tumors.

The amount of ITC that human beings need is probably much lower than that used in the study to be applied to rats.

The benefits of wine were described by Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, who said that “wine is something admirably suited to man, both in health and in sickness, if you are given timely and proper measure, according to individual constitution.

Take a little wine is healthy, the wine is an alcoholic beverage to which is attributed anticancer and antioxidant properties thanks to certain substances it contains.

In scientific terms the wine has certain components which act on plasma lipids (mainly cholesterol, HDL), platelets or blood clotting in cardiovascular protection.

Today we know that the tannins in red wines – when practiced moderate consumption-cleaner helps keep our arteries, helping to prevent cardiovascular disease. Recent studies have also shown that resveratrol, a substance found in the skin of red grapes, may help slow aging and prevent aging diseases like Alzheimer’s.

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Eating sushi protects your teeth against cavities! This quality is not due to the raw fish itself, but the “mustard green that goes with the wasabi. This compound would also have anticancer properties and is effective against asthma … After the virtues of the Mediterranean diet, Japanese food is it the new benchmark for health?

According to a Japanese study presented in Honolulu at an international congress of chemistry, sushi protects your teeth from cavities! More precisely, the charge would be the wasabi, this “mustard green that accompanies the famous raw fish. This substance indeed contain molecules called isothiocyanates, which prevent the bacteria to stay inside the mouth. Unable to adhere to teeth, they can not cause tooth decay.

The miracle product?

The wasabi is a plant of the cruciferous family. This family includes among other broccoli, turnips, cabbage and radishes. All these plants contain the so-called isothiocyanates. Several studies attribute many virtues to this compound. This inhibits such growth tumor. He could also play a role in preventing allergic reactions and asthma. Nevertheless, we must be careful about these effects. The action of wasabi on the bacteria that cause cavities, for example, has been demonstrated only in vitro. Now it recents show that certain properties of isothiocyanates may disappear under the action of saliva or gastric juices …

Beware, you do not plan to eat only as much sushi! On the one hand, should accompany all your meals with high doses of wasabi, which is still a rather spicy condiment … Moreover, if the nutritional qualities of fish are well established, it must be well prepared when is thought to prevent possible ingestion of parasites (Anisakis).

Do not change your diet and wait rather than food manufacturers seize this discovery. If the toothpaste is not wasabi at once, odds are that the chewing gum taste radish or broccoli will soon be on everyone’s lips …