Cabbage could prevent bladder cancer

There is no anti-cancer effect of cooked cabbage. Cabbage cooking will destroy 60% to 90% isothiocyanate. U.S. researchers say more than 3 times a month to eat kale or cabbage, can reduce the risk of bladder cancer, around 40%.

The researchers surveyed 275 patients with bladder cancer and 825 healthy people, with emphasis on whether they have to eat cabbage and other cruciferous vegetables habits. Such vegetables are rich in isothiocyanate, is considered effective against cancer.

It was found that non-smokers and more than a month to eat cabbage and other vegetables 3 times a person suffering from bladder cancer risk reduction 73%; regardless of whether a smoker, more than a month to eat cabbage and other vegetables 3 times the person suffering from bladder 40% lower risk of cancer.

The study also found that there is no anti-cancer effect of cooked cabbage. Cabbage cooking will destroy 60% to 90% isothiocyanate. Another RossHuepac Cancer Institute research team, places cabbage leaves and mouse experiments. These genetically modified mice, are more prone to bladder cancer. The researchers used extracts of cabbage leaves fed them, and results showed that the intake of Cabbage substance of these mice more likely to get bladder cancer smaller.

In the experiment, the researchers found that cabbage may contain compounds that protect the bladder from inside the bladder: "the bladder is like a storage bag, bladder cancer tends to occur in the bladder within the epithelial cell layer, this layer directly contact with the urine always faced with the erosion of toxic substances in urine. "