Posts Tagged: Brussels sprouts

Cruciferous vegetables help fight cancer

The role fresh vegetables play in maintaining good health is no secret. But, according to a University of California scientist, eating from a particular group of vegetables can help protect the body from lethal illnesses like cancer. These...

Romanesco cauliflower is one of the more unusual cruciferous vegetables.

Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 8:05 AM

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Posted By: Jeannette E. Warnert
Written by: Alberto Hauffen

Tags: broccoli (4), Brussels sprouts (2), cauliflower (1), cruciferous (1), kale (2), vegetables (28)

Love those greens

Remember when George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st president of the United States, declared he didn’t like broccoli and declined to eat it? “I do not like broccoli,” said Bush, who served as President from 1989 to 1993. “And I haven’t liked it since I...

Broccoli and Brussels sprouts

Broccoli and Brussels sprouts contain substances that can block the growth of cancer cells, according to newly published research in the journal Cancer Prevention Research. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Friday, July 2, 2010 at 7:01 AM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: antioxidants (3), broccoli (4), Brussels sprouts (2), cancer (1)