According to the Dutch website ABC Health, cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli and watercress are thought to have anti-cancer potential. A substance in broccoli and watercress is said to inhibit the growth of cancer cells in the lab and indeed limit tumor growth in mice. However, specialists caution that no studies have yet been conducted on humans
"That a watercress or broccoli diet would help cure cancer patients is rather short-sighted, according to cancer biologist Eline Menu (VUB). 'It is indeed true that those vegetables contain glucosinolates. But these are not automatically converted into ITC in the human body. That requires a certain enzyme, which may be present in the intestinal bacteria, but that is by no means the case in everyone."-Prof Eline Menu
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