Chairman of the Cancer Information and Support Center (CISC) Semarang Cahyaning Puji Astuti, said at least there are about 11 types of vegetables that are proven effective to prevent the emergence of cancer.
"Fruits and vegetables are actually much more powerful than vitamins, but not all vegetables and fruits is an anti-cancer," he said after a seminar on "Cancer Prevention Preparing Healthy Food" in Telogorejo Hospital, Semarang, Thursday (12/10/2009).
Naning mention, 11 vegetables, cancer prevention, including cabbage, garlic, onions, soy, turmeric, green tea, tomatoes, citrus, chocolate, fruits and berries, like blueberries and strawberries.
However, although some vegetables and fruits were nutritious as anticancer, required vigilance and understanding of substances contained in vegetables, including the attention processing process.
According to him, cabbage is the main enemy of cancer, either green cabbage, white cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, watercress, and purple cabbage. In fact, the properties of cabbage has been known since the time of Hippocrates around 460-377 BC.
"Hippocrates said, cabbage is a vegetable with the thousands of properties, and consume at least five servings of cabbage every week proved to be minimize the risk of esophageal cancer and slow the progression of cancer," he said.
However, cabbage processing equipment must be observed so as not remove the usefulness, of whom do not cook it too long, but still must be clean, and chew carefully.
Garlic and onions are also very effective for preventing cancer, especially gastrointestinal cancer, esophagus, stomach, colon, prostate, lung, and breast cancer.
"Food is also found in cancer preventive soy, which many processed into tofu, tempeh, and milk. Because, soy contains isoflavones which are anticancer compounds that have chemical structures similar to the sex hormones, "he said.
Related to the similarity of the chemical structure of isoflavones with sex hormones, he warned, excessive soy consumption is not recommended for patients with breast cancer and prostate cancer.
"Both the cancer is a type of cancer that depend on hormones, namely estrogen for breast cancer and hormone androgen for prostate cancer," said Naning who also had cancer.
In addition, he said, the recipe to avoid the risk of cancer can be done by avoiding certain foods, eg, pickled food, smoked foods, and fried foods.
"Exercise regularly, quit smoking, and avoiding red meat consumption is also an application of healthy lifestyles need to be applied to prevent cancer," said Naning.
source :cinta herbal
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