Cauliflower and Cabbage Prevent Breast Cancer

Cauliflower and cabbage have been known to inhibit breast cancer, but nobody ever knew why. However, new research is pointing the way.

Lee Wilson, professor of biochemistry at the University of California Santa Barbara, and Mary Ann Jordan, adjunct professor in molecular, cellular and developmental biology, have shown the healing power of these vegetables at the cellular level. Co-author Olga Azarenko, a graduate student at UCSB, said: "Breast cancer, the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women, can be protected against by eating cruciferous vegetables such as cabbage and near relatives of cabbage such as broccoli and cauliflower."

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