Vegetables That Protect You From Cancer...

It has been well established through various researches that some special nutritious factors, chemical compounds and bacteria present in different food products prevents and cure certain diseases.

This has been discovered from many reseacrch papers and articles that vegetables and fruits provides effective defence against ailments. This has also been witnessed that among vegetables, Cabbage, Cauliflower , Broccoli, Spinach etc acts very well in preventing Cancer because of the presence of "ANTI-OXIDANTS"  in ample amounts.
Vegetables from Cruciform family like Cauliflower and like vegetables can be very helpful in maintaining general health if tried to include at least one vegetable among them in our daily diet plan. Either eat them uncooked ( raw form) or cooked them but have them in your routine.
Avoid to use the same vegetable for a long time. Change them in an alternate manner because all of them contain different nutrinous contents necessary for your health.
Let us now evaluate the nutritious value of each of them:

BROCCOLI:
Broccoli has large flower heads, usually green in color, arranged in a tree-like fashion on branches sprouting from a thick, edible stalk. The mass of flower heads is surrounded by leaves

Broccoli contains B-carotene, Vitamin C, K, & A and dietary fibre, Potassium, Calcium Folic Acid and many minerals.Brussels sprout contains Sulphoraphin and other minerals along with Anti-oxidants.

Also a good source for fibres.
ANTI-CANCER COMPONENTS:
it also contains multiple nutrients with potent anti-cancer properties, such as diindolylmethane and small amounts of selenium.
CAULIFLOWER:

Cauliflower also contains certain kinds of Anti- Oxidants. Chinese Cauliflower has B-kerotene. Cauliflower is low in fat, high in dietary fiber, folate, water and vitamin C, possessing a very high nutritional density.

ANTI CANCER COMPONENTS:

Cauliflower also contains other glucosinolates besides sulfurophane, substances which may improve the liver's ability to detoxify carcinogenic substances. A high intake of cauliflower has been found to reduce the risk of aggressive prostate cancer. Cauliflower is also a good source of carotenoids
SPINACH:
Spinach contains 4 times higher contents of B-Carotene as compared to Broccoli and also a good source of Vitamin K 

Spinach has a high nutritional value and is extremely rich in antioxidants, especially when fresh, steamed, or quickly boiled. It is a rich source of vitamin A (and especially high in lutein), vitamin C, vitamin E, magnesium, manganese, folate, betaine, iron, vitamin B₂, calcium, potassium, vitamin B₆, folic acid, copper, protein, phosphorus, zinc, niacin, selenium and omega-3 fatty acids. Recently, opioid peptides called rubiscolins have also been found in spinach.

CONCLUSION:
Therefore we may conclude that women of almost all age-groups should include Spinach, Cauliflower, Broccoli in their Dietary plans. These green vegetables are well accepted in Japan and the ratio of Breast Cancer development over there is very less. But in past few decades because of acceptance of Western lifestyle as from 1977 to 1985 the risk has been risen obviously.

Shumaila Sheikh

References:
www.wikipedia