Watercress vegetables very effective cancer prevention

Watercress may reduce prostate cancer risk in men, cancer of the colon.

The clinical and experimental evidence shows that watercress may reduce the risk of cancer of the prostate in men, colon cancer, cervical cancer, breast cancer in women, and prevent the diffusion (metastasis) of cancer cells to other agencies.

This mechanism has been thanks to the glucosinolates, a bio-active substances of plant (phyto) have in the watercress. When we chew them in the mouth of this substance will be hydrolysis to produce isothiocynates-active substances have effects against cancer.

Watercress is also a rich source of nutrition especially with active ingredient nasturtiin, the predecessor of phennethyl isothiocyanate.

According to research published recently in the journal of The British Journal of Nurition (uk), eat about 100 g watercress every day can prevent breast cancer as well as reduced risk of cancer in General. According to Dr. Nicholas Perricone, watercress contains many vitamins, iron, calcium, zinc, manganese, Essex ma and potassium than broccoli, apples and tomatoes.

The men and women of ages 60, half of them the habit of smoking, join this study by eating more about 100 g watercress every day next to the normal diet for eight weeks.

The results showed that there is DNA damage depletion of blood cells (the DNA damage in blood cells is an index indicating risk with cancer). Additionally, vitamin C in high watercress leaves as possible increases the effectiveness against the cancer.

At the same time the active ingredient in watercress also causes apoptosis effects (kill cancer cells). Similarly, extracted from raw watercress is also the "guards" for the prostate cancer cells and colon due to prevent the metastasis of the malignant cells.

Isothiocyanate compounds from watercress to cause inhibition of the activity of metalloproteinase-9 men (an enzyme capable of promoting the development of the tumor) that helps prevent the invasion of cancer cells as cancer of the breast.

Note when eating watercress:

-Salad watercress also quite tasty and good, however not good for her vote this time because you need to eat, to drink the boiling.

-Because vegetables taste salty should your attention seasoning, avoid to soup was salty!

-Do not eat with seafood: watercress contains more vitamin C, when combined with the live seafood deep water as shrimp, scallop, steel trap which contains so much Arsenic oxidation 5. It will transform the substance produces a toxic chemicals harmful to the body.=