Broccoli prevents cancer in smokers

Broccoli and similar vegetables appear to offer special protection from cancer for smokers, US researchers reported.

They found that former smokers and, especially, people still smoking heavily got special benefits from eating the vegetables. The most significant effect was in heavy smokers, who smoked more than 20 cigarettes a day.

Broccoli and other so-called cruciferous vegetables such as cabbage, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts have been known to lower the risk of cancer in general, perhaps through compounds called isothiocyanates.

People who ate cruciferous vegetables, especially raw, were between 20 percent and 55 percent less likely to have cancer than those who did not or only rarely ate these foods.

Source: Корреспондент