Eat your vegetables, part 9.Women who consumed more vegetables (including cauliflower cauliflower (kô`lĭflou'ər, käl`ĭ–), variety of cabbage, with an edible head of condensed flowers and flower stems. Broccoli is the horticultural variety (botrytis); both were cultivated in Roman times. , broccoli broccoli (brŏk`əlē) [Ital.,=sprouts], variety of cabbage grown for the edible immature flower panicles. It is the same variety (Brassica oleracea botrytis) as the cauliflower and is similarly cultivated. , cabbage cabbage, leafy garden vegetable of many widely dissimilar varieties, all probably descended from the wild, or sea, cabbage (Brassica oleracea) of the family Cruciferae (mustard family), found on the coasts of Europe. , onions, squash, and tomatoes) or salad had a lower risk of non-Hodgkins lymphoma in a study of 1,300 people. Fiber was also linked to a lower risk, while eating more fruit (apples and oranges) wasn't. What to do: This study doesn't prove that vegetables protect the lymph system Lymph System When sickness or infection invades the body, the immune system is the first line of defense. A big part of that defense is the lymph system. Lymph is carried through the body by lymph vessels that have valves and muscles to help move the fluid. . But eating more can't hurt, and may reduce your risk of stroke and heart disease, as well as some cancers other than lymphoma. Amer. J. Epidem. 159: 454, 2004. |
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