Recent Longevity News for the seven days ending 4/23/08.  You should consult your doctor if you are taking any medications.

High Blood Levels Of Vitamin D Protect Women From Breast Cancer, Study Suggests - Science Daily, 4/22/08 - "Women with a very low blood level of 25(OH)D have a considerably increased breast cancer risk. The effect was found to be strongest in women who were not taking hormones for relief of menopausal symptoms" - See vitamin D at Amazon.com.

Vitamin D Important In Brain Development And Function - Science Daily, 4/21/08 - "there is ample biological evidence to suggest an important role for vitamin D in brain development and function, and that supplementation for groups chronically low in vitamin D is warranted"

Dangers of Chromium? - Dr. Weil, 4/21/08 - "The possibility of DNA damage was suggested by studies of chromium picolinate in cell cultures. There is no evidence of such an effect in any living organism. To follow-up on the cell culture results, researchers at New York University studied the effects of 400 micrograms of chromium picolinate over an eight week period in 10 overweight women and found no sign of DNA damage"

Vitamin D May Protect Against Peripheral Artery Disease - Science Daily, 4/20/08 - "When the researchers adjusted for age, sex, race and co-existing health problems, they found that PAD was 64 percent more common in the group with the lowest vitamin D levels compared with the group with the highest levels" - See vitamin D at Amazon.com.

Zinc Reduces Common Cold Symptoms - Medscape, 4/17/08 - "The participants took one zinc acetate lozenge containing 13.3 mg of zinc or placebo every 2-3 hours while awake ... The average duration of cold symptoms (including cough, nasal discharge, and muscle ache) was significantly shorter in the zinc group (4.0 days) than in the placebo group (7.1 days) ... By day 4, 56% of the zinc group had complete resolution of their colds, whereas none of the placebo group was free of cold symptoms on day 4"

Pine bark extract's osteoarthritis potential expanded - Nutra USA, 4/17/08 - "Using the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities (WOMAC) Osteoarthritis Index as a measure of arthritis symptoms, the researchers report a 56 per cent reduction in the global WOMAC score for people in the Pycnogenol group, compared to only 9.6 per cent for people in the placebo group. Scores for stiffness were reduced by 53 per cent" - [Abstract] - See Pycnogenol at Amazon.com.

Using Anti-cholinergic Drugs May Increase Cognitive Decline In Older People - Science Daily, 4/17/08 - "Anticholinergic drugs, such as medicines for stomach cramps, ulcers, motion sickness, and urinary incontinence, may cause older people to experience greater decline in their thinking skills than people not taking the drugs"

Vitamin D status linked to artery health: study - Nutra USA, 4/17/08 - "Data from 4839 participants of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) showed that the prevalence of PAD was 4.4 per cent lower in people with blood levels of vitamin D above 29.2 nanograms per millilitre (ng/mL) than in people with blood levels below 17.8 ng/mL" - See vitamin D at Amazon.com.

Chinese Club Moss Extract (Huperzine A) May Improve Cognition In Alzheimer's Disease - Science Daily, 4/17/08 - "Existing evidence suggests that patients with Alzheimer's disease who have taken Huperzine A have improved general cognitive function, global clinical status, functional performance and reduced behavioural disturbance compared to patients taking placebos" - See Huperzine products at iHerb.

High Cholesterol In Your 40s Increases Risk Of Alzheimer's Disease - Science Daily, 4/16/08 - "people with total cholesterol levels between 249 and 500 milligrams were one-and-a-half times more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than those people with cholesterol levels of less than 198 milligrams. People with total cholesterol levels of 221 to 248 milligrams were more than one-and-a-quarter times more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease"

Risk of Nuclear Attack on Rise - washingtonpost.com, 4/16/08 - "the risk of such an attack on U.S. cities has grown in the past five years because of the spread of nuclear technology and the growth of a global terrorist movement ... the threat is greater and is increasing every year with the march of technology ... A 1-kiloton device, which could fit into a suitcase, could kill about 25,000 people ... A 10-kiloton explosive, which could be hidden in a van, could kill about 100,000 ... the amount of burn victims that you're going to have would stress any system" - This article was in the health section.  I guess nukes are unhealthy especially the nuclear fallout if you live.  I'll never figure out why the majority of people consider the economy more important than preventing this.  We're only talking 1940's technology for the fission models and 1950's technology for the fusion models (over a thousand times more powerful) plus most of what they need to know is on the Internet (fission / fusion (2) - fusion requires a fission reaction to generate the heat to start the fusion).  That article is fission figures so multiply by 1000 for fusion. If that happens there ain't going to be an economy.  What's really scary is that it's the Washington Compost as Ollie North calls them because of their liberal bias saying that.  What more of a perfect storm could you have than a free haven for Al Qaeda if we pull out of Iraq and a psycho with unlimited oil money making nukes next door in Iran.  If it happens the Monday morning quarterbacks will be asking why we didn't see that one coming for ages.  Instead of oversimplified, inaccurate to say the least one liner campaign rhetoric that most people fall for it's too bad they can't find a way to educate the voters.  The liberal bias in the media doesn't help.  It's serious stuff and people just ignore the problem.  I would think that the 52 suitcase nukes that they've been taking about for years that Russia might be missing are fusion.  They had the technology so why would they go fission.  So picture some insider letting the suitcase passed x-ray at the departure end then someone coming through customs at LAX or JFK and they open the suitcase latch and 250,000 people get fried.  That's just one of thousands of possible easy scenarios.  If 3,400 9/11 deaths caused the economy to crash, what's 250,000 going to do and that's assuming only one suitcase bomb.  It's not even a big banger.  I was a helicopter pilot in Vietnam when they were sending back 30% in body bags.  When they told me I'd probably die of cancer I didn't bat and eye.  People that know me know I don't scare easily but this nuke stuff scares me.  I don't know why others can't see it.

Alzheimer's Starts Earlier For Heavy Drinkers, Smokers - Science Daily, 4/16/08 - "the combination of heavy drinking and heavy smoking reduced the age of onset of Alzheimer's disease by six to seven years, making these two factors among the most important preventable risk factors for Alzheimer's disease"

Abstracts from this week's Doctor's Guide Nutrition/Dietetics plus abstracts from my RSS feeds (Click here for the journals, the PubMed ones at the top):

Serum Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate Levels Predict Longevity in Men: 27-Year Follow-Up Study in a Community-Based Cohort (Tanushimaru Study) - J Am Geriatr Soc. 2008 Apr 18 - "in men after adjustments for age, systolic blood pressure, and fasting plasma glucose showed significantly (log-rank stat =10.6; P<.001) greater longevity in the highest group (200 mug/dL) than in the moderate (130-199 mug/dL) or lowest groups (129 mug/dL)" - See DHEA at Amazon.com.

Impact of postoperative omega-3 fatty acid-supplemented parenteral nutrition on clinical outcomes and immunomodulations in colorectal cancer patients - World J Gastroenterol. 2008 Apr 21;14(15):2434-2439 - "Patients in the FO group trended to need a shorter postoperative hospital stay (17.45 +/- 4.80 d vs 19.62 +/- 5.59 d, P = 0.19) ... Postoperative supplementation of omega-3 fatty acids may have a favorable effect on the outcomes in colorectal cancer patients undergoing radical resection by lowering the magnitude of inflammatory responses and modulating the immune response" - See Mega Twin EPA at iHerb.

Treatment of osteoarthritis with Pycnogenol((R)). The SVOS (San Valentino osteo-arthrosis study). evaluation of signs, symptoms, physical performance and vascular aspects - Phytother Res. 2008 Apr;22(4):518-23 - "The global WOMAC score decreased by 56% (p < 0.05) in the treatment group versus 9.6% in the placebo group. Walking distance in the treadmill test was prolonged from 68 m at the start to 198 m after 3 months treatment (p < 0.05), under placebo, from 65 m to 88 m (NS). The use of drugs decreased by 58% in the treatment group (p < 0.05) versus 1% under placebo. Gastrointestinal complications decreased by 63% in the treatment group, but only 3% under placebo. Overall, treatment costs were reduced significantly compared with placebo ... After 3 months edema decreased in 79% of Pycnogenol patients (p < 0.05) vs 1% in controls" - See Pycnogenol at Amazon.com.

Switching from pathogenetic treatment with alpha-lipoic acid to gabapentin and other analgesics in painful diabetic neuropathy: a real-world study in outpatients - J Diabetes Complications. 2008 Apr 8 - "The daily costs for alpha-lipoic acid were considerably lower than those for gabapentin or several frequently used drug combinations. The frequency of outpatient visits was 3.8 times per 3 months during the treatment period with alpha-lipoic acid, while it increased to 7.9 per 3 months after switching to gabapentin or the other pain medications. In conclusion, switching from long-term treatment with alpha-lipoic acid to central analgesic drugs such as gabapentin in painful diabetic neuropathy was associated with considerably higher rates of side effects, frequencies of outpatient visits, and daily costs of treatment. The pathogenic treatment option represents for the practicing diabetologist an effective, safe, and cost-effective treatment option for the majority of patients with diabetic polyneuropathy" - See alpha lipoic acid at Amazon.com.

Salt intake, blood pressure and clinical outcomes - Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2008 May;17(3):310-314 - "The recent Trials of Hypertension Prevention follow-up study found that, despite small changes in blood pressure, the risk of cardiovascular disease was reduced by 25% among those in the sodium reduction intervention. A study of potassium salt substitution among Taiwanese veterans supports this finding. Sodium and potassium may act jointly in the development of hypertension and cardiovascular disease"

Vitamin D2 or vitamin D3? - Rev Med Interne. 2008 Apr 10 - "several studies have showed that serum level of 25(OH)D is increased more effectively with vitamin D3 than vitamin D2. Vitamin D2 has shorter plasma half-life and a lower affinity for the vitamin D binding protein, the hepatic vitamin D hydroxylase and the vitamin D receptor" - Related study:

• Vitamin D2 is much less effective than vitamin D3 in humans - J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2004 Nov;89(11):5387-91 - "Vitamin D(2) potency is less than one third that of vitamin D(3). Physicians resorting to use of vitamin D(2) should be aware of its markedly lower potency and shorter duration of action relative to vitamin D(3)"

Low Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels Associated with Falls Among Japanese Community-Dwelling Elderly - J Bone Miner Res. 2008 Apr 14 - "The rate of falls was significantly higher in the lowest quartile of 25-OH-D level in women (P=0.02), and in women with 25-OH-D insufficiency (P=0.001). Women also showed significant declines in all three fall-related physical performance tests" - See vitamin D at Amazon.com.

Editorial:

Did anyone hear about that Cynthia Sommer’s case in San Diego?  I don’t know if she is guilty or not but I thought she got a raw deal when I first heard about the case a couple years ago then I couldn't believe they found her guilty.  They never had enough information to even bring that case to court.  Even if the arsenic test (done by someone for the first time and a lost sample recently found at the naval hospital came up negative) was correct they didn’t have anything tying her to any arsenic.  The only thing they had was a life insurance policy giving her a motive.  That’s not enough to send someone to jail.

As far as her life style after his death, that should never have been allowed in court.  I would have looked that bad also shortly after my divorce.  As far as the plastic surgery, if I had been wanting plastic surgery for years and I finally got the money I would have gone for it also.  That should never have been allowed either.  As far as a 23 year old dying, when I was in the navy I did a jag investigation of a 19 year old that died taking a break from a basketball game.  There was no foul play found and they believe he had a heart condition only because he was up at 2 AM a couple days prior and one person in the TV room asked what he was doing up and he said he was having chest pains.  The guy told him he should see a doctor but he never did.  That was on an aircraft carrier so all he had to do to see a doctor was to climb one set of stairs and go down the passageway or else pick up the phone and they would have come and got him.  Maybe if he was married and had a life insurance policy and some rookie did a toxicology his wife would have gotten life.

The DA used a tactic that I felt was inappropriate in that they got the jury to hate her because of her lifestyle instead of concentrating on the facts and they never had enough facts.  I've been pointing out for years how easily people are brainwashed and that's just another example.  I'm just really upset that they took away two years of someone's life like that and it's a wonder it wasn't her entire life.  Like I said maybe she is guilty but when you don't have enough information you need to give that person the benefit of the doubt.

Neat Tech Stuff:

I went for an iPod via Amazon.com. It’s only 4 GB, which is the smallest one with a screen but it’s plenty for me. I only have 200 songs in my iTunes library and there isn’t much more that I like and those songs only come to 750 MB so I still have 3.25 GBs left. iTunes will import CDs and I already did all the songs that I liked.

I have Windows Media Center on my computer so I can record TV shows plus the software I have (CloneDVD™ mobile) will convert it to the iPod format.  For copyrighted DVD's you'll also need AnyDVD.  So now I can watch Grey’s Anatomy when I’m waiting two hours for a doctor at Balboa navy hospital. Plus the same software will convert movies to the iPod format.  I could watch and entire movie the way the navy Balboa hospital is.  Plus every time I renew a prescription I have to pick the first one up in person which takes about an hour. I can use the iPod for that also.

The iPod was $140 delivered.  I also bought the cable that will allow me to use the iPod with my stereo/amplifier system.  Plus I have another amplifier in the pool room that just needs a short wire from the amp to the house intercom so I can play all my iTunes songs though the house intercom system.  You can also play the iTunes songs via a cable from a computer to the amplifier using the free iTunes software.

I've heard that some people have built up a huge DVD library by subscribing to Blockbuster and making copies using AnyDVD and CloneDVD™ 2 or 1Click DVD Copy but there's a big fine if you get caught.

Next week - Making Vonage Bluetooth capable.  5/7/08 - Natural gas powered Honda Civics.  5/14/08 - Powered toilets.  5/21/08 - iPod thru players.  Past - Click here.

Health Focus (Cruciferous Vegetables):

Specific Cruciferous Recommendations:

• indole-3-carbinol at Amazon.com
• diindolylmethane at Amazon.com

Related Cruciferous Topics:

• indole-3-carbinol (IC-3) / di-indolylmethane

Cruciferous News & Research:

• Veggies, Exercise May Cut Cancer Risk - WebMD, 4/15/08 - "Foods rich in plant chemicals called isothiocyanates and quercetin appeared to offer the best protection against lung cancer ... Isothiocyanates are found in cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, and turnips"
• Could foods prevent ovarian cancer? - MSNBC, 3/14/08 - "Kaempferol — a flavonoid found in tea, broccoli, kale and spinach — and luteolin — which is provided by peppers, carrots, cabbage and celery — were both identified as cancer protective. Women who consumed the most of these two flavonoids were 40 percent and 34 percent less likely, respectively, to develop ovarian cancer compared to women who consumed the least ... A 2007 study published in the British Journal of Nutrition linked greater consumption of carotenoid phytochemicals with a 67 percent lower risk of ovarian cancer. This included not only beta-carotene, the oft-cited carotenoid in deep-orange vegetables and fruits, but also alpha-carotene, beta-cryptoxanthin, lutein and zeaxanthin — carotenoids found in a wide range of red, orange, yellow and green vegetables" - See Jarrow Formulas, CarotenALL, Mixed Carotenoid Complex at Amazon.com.
• Broccoli May Help Boost Aging Immune System - Science Daily, 3/6/08 - "As we age, the ability of the immune system to fight disease and infections and protect against cancer wears down as a result of the impact of oxygen radicals on the immune system ... our study shows that a chemical present in broccoli is capable of stimulating a wide range of antioxidant defense pathways and may be able to interfere with the age-related decline in immune function ... The UCLA team not only found that the direct administration of sulforaphane in broccoli reversed the decline in cellular immune function in old mice, but they witnessed similar results when they took individual immune cells from old mice, treated those cells with the chemical outside the body and then placed the treated cells back into a recipient animal"
• Extract Of Broccoli Sprouts May Protect Against Bladder Cancer - Science Daily, 2/28/08 - "A concentrated extract of freeze dried broccoli sprouts cut development of bladder tumors in an animal model by more than half" - [WebMD]
• Finding the Right Prostate Cancer Diet - WebMD, 2/15/08 - "poultry and eggs double the risk of prostate cancer progression ... orange and yellow vegetables, such as squash, yams, and carrots, and cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli, cut the risk of recurrence by about half ... If you eat chicken or poultry, eat it without the skin ... the men's overall PSA doubling time was nearly four times slower after they began drinking pomegranate juice"
• Vegetables- and antioxidant-related nutrients, genetic susceptibility, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma risk - Cancer Causes Control. 2008 Jan 17 - "For the GSTM3 3-base insertion and higher total vegetable intake, the risk was 0.56 (0.35-0.92, p interaction = 0.03); for GSTP1 A114V and higher cruciferous vegetable intake, the risk was 0.52 (0.34-0.81, p interaction = 0.02); for OGG1 S326C and higher daily zinc intake, the risk was 0.71 (0.47-1.08, p interaction = 0.04) and for XRCC3 T241M and higher green leafy vegetable intake, the risk was 0.63"
• Broccoli Good for the Heart - WebMD, 1/18/08 - "The rats that had eaten the broccoli extract had three heart advantages over the other rats: ... Better blood-pumping ability ... Less heart damage during oxygen deprivation ... Higher levels of heart-health chemicals during oxygen deprivation ... Broccoli's key nutrients include selenium and sulforaphane, which may also curb cancer"
• Is There an Anticancer Diet? - WebMD, 12/6/07 - "Raw cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, broccoli sprouts, cabbage, and cauliflower seem to reduce bladder cancer risk by about 40%"
• Natural Chemical Found In Broccoli Helps Combat Skin Blistering Disease - Science Daily, 8/20/07
• Broccoli May Help Cut Prostate Cancer - WebMD, 7/24/07 - "Men who reported eating cauliflower more than once per week were 52% less likely to be diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer than men who reported eating cauliflower less than once a month ... Men who reported eating broccoli more than once per week were 45% less likely to be diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer than men who reported eating broccoli less than once a month"
• Eat Your Broccoli: Study Finds Strong Anti-Cancer Properties In Cruciferous Veggies - Science Daily, 5/17/07 - "if you’re at all worried about cancer or at high risk of cancer, especially of prostate or colon cancer, then increasing your dietary intake of broccoli and other vegetables could be a good idea"
• Boiling Broccoli Ruins Its Anti-cancer Properties, According To Study - Science Daily, 5/15/07 - "Boiling appeared to have a serious impact on the retention of those important glucosinolate within the vegetables. The loss of total glucosinolate content after boiling for 30 minutes was: broccoli 77%, Brussel sprouts 58%, cauliflower 75% and green cabbage 65%"
• Nutrients In Certain Vegetables May Provide Cancer-fighting Benefit - Science Daily, 4/17/07 - "Dr. Singh's study is based on phytochemicals, called isothiocyanates (ITCs), found in several cruciferous vegetables and generated when vegetables are either cut or chewed. His laboratory has found that phenethyl-ITC, or PEITC, is highly effective in suppressing the growth of human prostate cancer cells at concentrations achievable through dietary intake"
• Worried About Prostate Cancer? Tomato-broccoli Combo Shown To Be Effective - Science Daily, 1/16/07 - "fed a diet containing 10 percent tomato powder and 10 percent broccoli powder to laboratory rats that had been implanted with prostate cancer cells ... The tomato/broccoli combo outperformed all other diets in shrinking prostate tumors ... The only treatment that approached the tomato/broccoli diet's level of effectiveness was castration ... To get these effects, men should consume daily 1.4 cups of raw broccoli and 2.5 cups of fresh tomato, or 1 cup of tomato sauce, or ½ cup of tomato paste"
• Broccoli, Cauliflower May Fight Cancer - WebMD, 5/19/06
• Broccoli, Cauliflower And Genetic Cancer - Science Daily, 5/18/06 - "cruciferous vegetables ... are abundant in sulforaphane (SFN) ... those mice fed with an SFN-supplemented diet developed significantly fewer and smaller tumors"
• Crunchy Veggies Fight Cancer - WebMD, 4/5/06 - "focused on a substance found in cruciferous vegetables called phenethyl-ITC, or PEITC ... After 31 days of treatment, the size of the tumors in the treated animals was about half that of the untreated animals"
• Curry And Cauliflower Could Halt Prostate Cancer - Science Daily, 1/15/06 - "The bottom line is that PEITC and curcumin, alone or in combination, demonstrate significant cancer-preventive qualities in laboratory mice, and the combination of PEITC and curcumin could be effective in treating established prostate cancers"
• Eat Your Veggies and Fight Cancer, Too - WebMD, 10/31/05
• Broccoli May Protect Some Against Lung Cancer - WebMD, 10/27/05 - "consumption of cruciferous vegetables was associated with a 33%-37% reduction in lung cancer risk among people with an inactive form of one of the two genes. Among those with an inactive form of both genes, the reduction in risk provided by eating cruciferous vegetables was doubled to more than 70%"
• Broccoli May Fight Lung Cancer - WebMD, 9/15/05
• Compounds Found In Cruciferous Vegetables Block Lung Cancer Progression - Science Daily, 9/15/05 - "A family of compounds found in cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli, cauliflower, and watercress, blocked lung cancer progression in both animal studies and in tests with human lung cancer cells"
• Broccoli Ingredient May Fight Bladder Cancer - WebMD, 8/3/05
• Broccoli Packs Powerful Punch To Bladder Cancer Cells - Science Daily, 7/29/05 - "men who ate two or more half-cup servings of broccoli per week had a 44 percent lower incidence of bladder cancer compared to men who ate less than one serving each week ... The plant's kin, which include cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and kale, may all contain similar disease-fighting phytochemicals"
• Cruciferous veg, chili could slow or stop cancer cell growth - Nutra USA, 4/20/05
• Maximizing The Anti-Cancer Power Of Broccoli - Science Daily, 4/5/05 - "For the consumer, who cannot readily hold the temperature as low as 140 degrees, that means the best way to prepare broccoli is to steam it lightly about 3 or 4 minutes--until the broccoli is tough-tender"
• Ward off cancer with a Japanese diet - MSNBC, 12/17/04 - "Cruciferous vegetables make a unique contribution to good health. They contain natural substances called glucosinolates that break down in the body to form indoles and other compounds that fight cancer development in several different ways"
• An Apple a Day for Cancer Prevention - WebMD, 10/18/04 - "Those who ate both green leafy and cruciferous vegetables got "particularly strong" cancer prevention protection"
• Crunchy Veggies May Crush Breast Cancer - WebMD, 9/3/04
• Anti-cancer Compound In Vegetables Found To Block Late-stage Breast-cancer Cell Growth - Science Daily, 9/1/04 - "The compound, in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables ... sulforaphane (SUL) ... We were surprised and pleased to find that SUL could block the growth of breast cells that were already cancerous ... SUL's actions appear similar to a group of anticancer drugs currently in use, such as Taxol"
• Broccoli compound may protect against AMD - Nutra USA, 7/15/04
• Broccoli May Prevent Blindness - WebMD, 7/13/04 - "sulforaphane, the naturally occurring antioxidant in broccoli and broccoli sprouts, protects the eye from damage caused by the sun's ultraviolet light"
• Cabbage to fight cancer? - Nutra USA, 5/11/04
• Broccoli Blocks Prostate Cancer Cells - WebMD, 5/20/03
• New Broccoli Compound Appears Promising Against Breast Cancer - Intelihealth, 8/19/02 - "Called oxomate, the synthetic compound works like its natural counterpart, sulforaphane, which was recently identified as a cancer-preventive agent in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables (such as cabbage and Brussels sprouts). Both compounds boost the body's production of phase II enzymes, which can detoxify cancer-causing chemicals and reduce cancer risk ... But the natural broccoli compound, sulforaphane, can be toxic in high doses ... It is also difficult and expensive to synthesize ... oxomate was seven times less toxic than sulforaphane ... In tests on female rats, those that were fed oxomate after exposure to cancer-inducing chemicals had up to a 50 percent reduction in the number of breast tumors"
• Broccoli Pill Prevents Breast Cancer - WebMD, 8/19/02
• Broccoli Beats Ulcers, Cancer - WebMD, 5/28/02
• Broccoli Tea: Can't Find Enough Of A Good Thing - Natural Foods Merchandiser, 5/02
• Broccoli Finally Gets Respect - Intelihealth, 2/4/02
• New research shows how broccoli beats cancer - Life Extension Magazine, 11/01 - "Sulforaphane is most highly concentrated in broccoli, as well as in other cruciferous vegetables, such as Brussels sprouts, cabbage and cauliflower ... animal studies to date have shown that sulforaphane can dramatically reduce the number of malignant tumors, reproduction, growth rate and size, as well as delay cancer onset"
• Veggies Not Created Equal In Fighting Cancer - Intelihealth, 1/18/01 - "But the Agriculture Department studied 71 types of broccoli plants and found a 30-fold difference in the amounts of glucoraphanin. Some had virtually none of it."
• One More Reason To Eat Your Broccoli, Chemical Compounds Found to Prevent Lung Cancer - WebMD, 8/25/00
• Prostate Cancer and Cruciferous Vegetables - Life Extension Magazine, 7/00
• Phytochemicals: Nutrients Whose Time Has Come - Nutrition Science News, 7/00
• Betting on Broccoli - WebMD, 4/3/00
• Fruits & Vegetables Slash Strokes - Nutrition Science News, 1/00
• Can Cirrhosis be Prevented? - Nutrition Science News, 1/99

Cruciferous Abstracts:

• Consumption of Raw Cruciferous Vegetables is Inversely Associated with Bladder Cancer Risk - Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2008 Apr;17(4):938-44 - "We observed a strong and statistically significant inverse association between bladder cancer risk and raw cruciferous vegetable intake (adjusted OR for highest versus lowest category = 0.64; 95% CI, 0.42-0.97), with a significant trend (P = 0.003); there were no significant associations for fruit, total vegetables, or total cruciferous vegetables ... These data suggest that cruciferous vegetables, when consumed raw, may reduce the risk of bladder cancer, an effect consistent with the role of dietary isothiocyanates as chemopreventive agents against bladder cancer"
• Broccoli: A Unique Vegetable That Protects Mammalian Hearts through the Redox Cycling of the Thioredoxin Superfamily - J Agric Food Chem. 2007 Dec 29 - "the results of the present study indicate that the consumption of broccoli triggers cardioprotection by generating a survival signal through the activation of several survival proteins and by redox cycling of thioredoxins"
• Cruciferous vegetables, genetic polymorphisms in glutathione s-transferases m1 and t1, and prostate cancer risk - Nutr Cancer. 2004;50(2):206-13 - "two or more servings per month of cruciferous vegetables may reduce risk of prostate cancer"
• Breast Cancer Risk in Premenopausal Women Is Inversely Associated with Consumption of Broccoli, a Source of Isothiocyanates, but Is Not Modified by GST Genotype - J Nutr. 2004 May;134(5):1134-1138 - "These data indicate that cruciferous vegetables may play an important role in decreasing the risk of premenopausal breast cancer"