Webpage address:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6360601.stm
Date: 15-02-2007 Summary:
The University of Ulster’s research said: Eating watercress regularly could help cut the chances of developing cancer. It cuts DNA damage to white blood cells. Damaged white blood cells are an important trigger in the development of cancer. Watercress cuts levels of harmful compounds in the blood. The study is funded by the Watercress Alliance, but is published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. If a paper has been published in this magazine, it has been checked by other scientist before publishing. They tested it with 60 healthy volunteers, including 30 smokers and the DNA damage levels were 9,4% lower than the average.
Opinion:
You always hear: Eat this, don’t eat that! Not too much of that! It is clear that we eat everything in moderation. Red whine should be good for your brains, so we won’t get demented. Other articles say that we should not drink too much. It is funny that this research funded by the Watercress Alliance. Maybe every vegetable has a effect like this, when we should eat it every day (in large quantities). I think they want a rush on watercress in order to become very rich in a short time!
1 comment:
I think it is very good to do research in this area to prevent developing cancer. However I am agreeing with Hugo. I see and read a lot in the newspaper, television, radio and in the magazine about how to prevent cancer? For instance the examples Hugo describes in his opinion about this article. It is a good way to take care at your own health because cancer has a big result on your life, family, friends, children and so on. If you could decrease the chance on cancer with these measures, it will worth the effort!
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