'During the last 10 years I have worked with more than 500 cancer patients as director of nutrition for Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Tulsa, Okla. It puzzles me why the simple concept "sugar feeds cancer" can be so dramatically overlooked as part of a comprehensive cancer treatment plan.'
'A compound found in broccoli, previously linked to anti-cancer benefits, may also counter the decline in the body's immune system associated with age, says a new study from UCLA.
The compound sulforaphane was found to activate a set of antioxidant genes and enzymes in specific immune cells, which then combat the detrimental effects of free radicals that can damage cells and lead to disease, reports the study in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.'