Jul 06 2008
Eating Raw Vegetables that Can Help Prevent Bladder Cancer
Vegetables have a lot of nutritional value and as children that is one food that we were not allowed to leave on our plate. How many of us heard from mom and dad, “You need to eat all of your vegetables!”
Times have changed a lot since many of us have been kids and now research is showing that it is better to eat a lot of veggies raw instead of cooked. Much of the nutritional value can be depleted once the vegetables are cooked.
Scientists at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York have found that cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage are a few examples) may help reduce incidences of bladder cancer. People who consume three or more servings a month of cruciferous veggies may very well reduce their risk of bladder cancer by 40%.
It’s amazing how few servings you have to eat to help protect your bladder but the catch is these veggies need to be eaten raw. Another benefit? These types of vegetables are IC friendly!
Raw, uncooked veggies and fruits help with so many different health and well being issues. I for one was the odd child who never left veggies on the plate but could never seem to be forced into finishing all of my meats.
Michael Nolan
Frugal Living
another fabulous post on the importance of IC diet.
Tina
http://chronicpain.today.com
P.s. I know I could do this myself but if you send me the name of the post and the links to all your IC diet blog posts I will link to them in an upcoming blog post I have scheduled mid July.