Thursday, January 25, 2007

Eat broccoli or get castrated: hmmm, tough call

Tomatoes and Broccoli Slow Prostate Tumors (Newsmax)
NEW YORK -- Experiments in rats show that eating both tomatoes and broccoli is better than eating either vegetable alone, or lycopene supplements, for slowing prostate tumor growth, researchers report in the journal Cancer Research.

Other tumor-implanted rats were fed a normal diet but were given the drug finasteride, which is used to treat benign prostate enlargement, while others were castrated.


Tumor growth was slowest in the castrated animals, followed by those given the 10 percent tomato and 10 percent broccoli diet. Microscopic studies showed that the most concentrated veggie combination enhanced destruction of tumor cells and slowed their growth.

Just how serious am I about not getting prostate cancer. I love tomatoes, that's no problem. I'm not totally averse to broccoli, though it's only something I'll eat if it's the only option I have for a side. Getting castrated, not on my list of things to do.

Segue: how much does a professional 'rat castrater' make. That must be quite the fun job.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I'm thinking, I'm thinking!