Broccoli is a cruciferous vegetable - a vegetable of the mustard family: especially mustard greens, various cabbages, broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, cress, bok choy and similar green leaf vegetables.
Scientists have discovered substances that can fight cancer in cauliflower and broccoli flowers. It only target and kill the diseased cells and leave normal cells healthy.
Researchers from the Oregon State University shows the phytochemicals found in cruciferous vegetables, sulforaphane able to select the cancer cells in prostate cancer patients and leave the healthy cells, unlike chemotherapies.
Sulforaphane found in abundance in cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower and other cruciferous vegetables.
Another study from the University of Michigan last year has found sulforaphane only target and kill cancer stem cells in animals and prevent new tumors from growing in the breast cancer.
A study from the University of Illinois from 2007 found that for maximum effect against prostate cancer, showed brocolli and tomatoes if eaten together is more effective than if consumed separately.
The study suggest that men need to take 1.4 cups (139g) of raw broccoli, 2.5 cups (248g) fresh tomatoes or 1 cup (237ml) tomato sauce to fight the cancer.
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