A Compound In Broccoli, Known As DIM, . . .

[tex]

can not only strengthen the immune system, but it can actually help to stop the growth of certain types of cancer cells.

http://news.ucanr.org/newsstorymain.cfm?story=1012

I've always been a broccoli fan, (it was one of only a handful of veggies I could eat when my gut was healing), and broccoli is lookin' better and better, as research reveals additional benefits to our health.

Tex

[Dee]

Thanks Tex for the article!
I could eat steamed broccoli every day.
I use it in alot of things that I make.
I've had this craving for coleslaw, and can tolerate it, but not days in a row...

Love
Dee~~~~~~

[barbaranoela]

Broccoli addict here also!!!!! I luve that veggie----
And I do eat it every day----cus I always was picky with veggies---

Wayne---thanks for the article---

Dee---nice to see U again too---and that Jack is perking up---I had no idea of his problems--- was sorry to read that post---

Luve Barbara

[CAMary]

Well, I don't take the idea of good nutrition as a way to fend-off cancer *too* seriously. There are tons of women who eat uber-healthy, and get breast cancer. If it was as simplistic as diet, my friends who eat crap ( I consider my diet quite healthy since my MC diagnosis 7 years ago - little to no processed food, lots of fruit and veggies...) would have gotten breast cancer, not me!

I eat a lot of broccoli, and will continue, but not for cancer-preventive reasons...If just diet were enough, we would see a "survival of the fittest" thing going on, where those who eat crap would get diseases, and healthy eaters would remain healthy...cancer doesn't play by those rules...

my .02

Mary

[JJ]

I eat tons of it too.. JJ

[Polly]

Hi Tex,

Hmmmmmmm. I see that dirty word, "cytokine", again. Maybe immune-stimulating foods are NOT so good for us MCers (who have a hyperimmune system to begin with). Gets complicated, doesn't it?

That said, I do eats lots of broccoli, as well as cabbage and kale (my personal favorite).

Love,

Polly