There’s a famous saying, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” To this saying should be added: “A cabbage a day keeps cancer away,” says OSWALD PEREIRA
While Indian spiritual gurus and health experts recommend a vegetarian diet to not only stay fit and healthy, but also to combat life-threatening diseases, Hollywood action hero and former governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger has come out strongly in support of a plant-based menu in your home.
The 77-year-old actor hosts a healthy living website https://arnoldspumpclub to help people the world over live a healthier, happier life without all the confusion and stress. Apart from wellness tips, the website publishes various analytical research papers. Subscribers to Arnold’s Pump Club are sent a daily newsletter on nutrition, fitness and wellness.
For people from the West not in favour of vegetables in their diet, Arnold coaxes them into eating just one vegetarian serving daily. “Just one vegetable a day goes a long way,” in staying healthy and fighting diseases, such as cancer, says Arnold on his website.
Recent research published on the website revealed that “vegetables appear to do the most to help fight gastrointestinal cancers, such as colorectal and stomach cancer, but the protective effects extended to lung and breast cancer as well.”
New research analysed 226 studies and more than six million people and found that cruciferous vegetables (plants of the cabbage family) can help reduce the risk of multiple forms of cancer, the website said. The researchers grouped people by their vegetable intake and created four different tiers based on their weekly consumption: low intake (less than one serving), moderate (3–5 servings), and high (more than 4–7 servings).
“The results showed a higher intake was consistently associated with lower cancer risk,” the research study revealed. Cancer-fighting nutrients appear to be most closely tied to cruciferous vegetables.
These vegetables contain potent compounds like sulforaphane and indole-3-carbinol, which have been shown to help detoxify carcinogens, protect your cells against DNA damage, fight inflammation, and offer some antiviral and antibacterial benefits. Cruciferous vegetables include arugula, bok choy, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, radishes, and watercress.
However, one can’t expect hardcore non-vegetarians to suddenly switch to a vegetarian diet. “But you don’t need to fill every meal with vegetables to help protect your health,” the website says.
You can experience cancer protection from eating one serving of vegetables per day.
If you don’t eat many vegetables, the good news is that you’ll likely benefit if you start somewhere — even having three servings per week is better than none.
There’s a famous saying, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”
To this saying should be added: “A cabbage a day keeps cancer away.”
Oswald Pereira, a senior journalist, has also written ten books, including Beyond Autobiography of a Yogi, The Newsroom Mafia, Chaddi Buddies, The Krishna-Christ Connexion, How to Create Miracles in Our Daily Life and Crime Patrol: The Most Thrilling Stories. Oswald is a disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda, and practises Kriya Yoga.
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