How eating vegetables helps fight cancer –Expert

The importance of eating fruits cannot be overemphasised with a recent finding claiming that most cancer cases can be prevented by eating enough fruits.

According to food technologist, Mr Ochuko Erinkainwe, eating enough vegetables remains the only natural food that helps to fight the disease.

Speaking on Monday in Lagos against the backdrop of the World Food Day celebrated on Octtober 16, Erinkainwe said that Nigeria’s vegetable spread had what it takes in the fight against cancer.

“Emphasis on World Food Day should be on eating right for healthy living as “food is healing’’,” said Erinkainwe, the Public Relations Officer of Nutrition Society of Nigeria (NSN).

“Researches have proved beyond doubt that people who eat more natural plant foods like vegetables, fruits, legumes are less likely to be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime.

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“Our daily meals count a lot when it comes to cancer risk factors, what we eat determines how much immunity we have in our body and also building resistant fluids inside the systems.

“If we want to build or design an anti-cancer diet, then we should look at adding much vegetables to our meals, we should eat plenty of vegetables everyday.

“By this, we will be flooding our systems with protective substances, this will help a lot, most especially the cruciferous vegetables,’’ He said.

“Cruciferous vegetables may have the most powerful anti-cancer properties. This family of vegetables includes green vegetables, cabbage, onions, broccoli and some others like cauliflower.” Erinkainwe said.

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