Green Vegetables May Cut Your Risk For Prostate Cancer

Eating broccoli and cauliflower can slash a man's risk of developing aggressive prostate cancer in half.

A team from the U.S. National Cancer Institute and Cancer Care Ontario in Toronto conducted a study of the diets of 1,300 men and found that regularly eating broccoli and cauliflower cut their risk of developing deadly prostate cancer better than any other vegetable.

The team found that, overall, eating fruits and vegetables didn't appear to lower the risk of prostate cancer, even though previous studies have shown a link. But their study found that eating at least one weekly serving of dark green and cruciferous vegetables, which include broccoli and cauliflower, did, in fact, lower the risk of developing aggressive prostate cancer.

A weekly serving of broccoli lowers the risk by 45 percent, and a weekly serving of cauliflower cut the risk still more, by 52 percent. Eating spinach also seemed to reduce the risk for prostate cancer.

"Aggressive prostate cancer is biologically virulent and associated with poor prognosis," said study leader Dr. Victoria Kirsch. "A possible means to reduce the burden of this disease may be primary prevention through increased consumption of broccoli, cauliflower, and possibly spinach."

To help prevent prostate cancer with the anti- oxidant power of dark green vegetables, Robert O. Young Ph.D, D.Sc., developed a 28 to 1 concentration of dark green vegetables, including Kale, Broccoli, and Collard Greens.