Friday, July 9, 2010

Preventing prostate cancer



Prostate cancer is cancer that develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system. This occurs when prostate cells mutate and begin to grow out of control. These cells can spread by metastasis from the prostate to other parts of the body, especially bone and lymphnode.
Knowing what is good food and not for health is the key to fighting this disease. Here are some of the best kinds of foods to prevent prostate cancer.

* Tomato
Cancer preventive foods are foods that contain antioxidants. One of them contains a lot of tomato lycopene. Lycopene is a carotenoid pigment that gives color type red in tomatoes and also has antioxidant effects. Studies in 2010, tomatoes can increase the flow of blood vessels in male reproductive organs and reduce the risk of prostate cancer.

* Broccoli
The content of the active compound sulforaphane in broccoli that there could preventing forming cells that are not controlled (cancer) in bagiang male prostate gland. According to the results of the researcher, compound sulforaphane is the best they have ever found to fight cancer cells, including prostate cancer this.

* Soybeans
Has long been known as a food that has high antioxidant. Content of antioxidants in soy is genistein, daidzein, and glycitein are all classified in a group called isoflavones.

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