Archive for the 'Nutrition / Diet'

Compound In Mediterranean Diet Makes Cancer Cells ‘Mortal’

New research suggests that a compound abundant in the Mediterranean diet takes away cancer cells' "superpower" to escape death. By altering a very specific step in gene regulation, this compound essentially re-educates cancer cells into normal cells that die as scheduled...

Cruciferous Vegetables Help Improve Breast Cancer Survival

Chinese women who ate plenty of cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower - cruciferous vegetables - were found to have better breast cancer survival rates compared to other breast cancer patients, researchers explained at the AACR (American Association for Cancer Research) Annual Meeting 2012, Chicago, USA. Sarah J. Nechuta, M.P.H., Ph.D...

Cruciferous Vegetables Help Improve Breast Cancer Survival

Chinese women who ate plenty of cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower - cruciferous vegetables - were found to have better breast cancer survival rates compared to other breast cancer patients, researchers explained at the AACR (American Association for Cancer Research) Annual Meeting 2012, Chicago, USA. Sarah J. Nechuta, M.P.H., Ph.D...

Stop-Start Low-Carb Diets More Effective Than Standard Dieting

Recent findings presented by researchers at Genesis Prevention Center at University Hospital in South Manchester, England, at the 2011 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, have demonstrated that an intermittent, low-carbohydrate diet is preferable to a standard and daily calorie-restricted diet to reduce weight and lower blood levels of insulin...