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10.02.2013 |
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Cabbage halves prostate cancer risk
To start with the researchers found that fruit did not have a protective effect. The table with these data you can find here.
A diet that contained a lot of vegetables had more effect. The more vegetables men eat, the less likely they are to get prostate cancer. Men who eat 21 portions of vegetables per week have 35 percent less chance of developing prostate cancer than men who only eat 7 portions per week.
When the researchers started to break down their data further they noticed that cabbage-related vegetables had the strongest protective effect. Men who eat broccoli, cauliflower, sprouts or other brassicas three times a week or more nearly halve their risk of developing prostate cancer compared with the men who never ate cabbage-related vegetables.
When the researchers came to process their data they had just gained access to a database that indicates the amount of carotenoids in different foodstuffs. The researchers discovered that there was almost a correlation between the combined intake of lutein and zeaxanthin on the one hand and prostate cancer on the other.
The P value is 0.09. If that had been 0.05 or lower then there would have been a statistical relationship.
The researchers suspect that lutein and zeaxanthin probably have a positive effect, but that the men did not eat sufficient amounts of leafy vegetables for the effect to show up. Lutein and zeaxanthin are found in leafy vegetables.
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