When we were growing up our parents always told us to ‘eat our vegetables’, but at the time most of us ignored their advice, because typically we liked the taste of other foods more. Now it turns out that our parents were on the right healthy track and it is not too late for seniors to experience a conversion that will benefit senior health. The vegetables that are especially healthy for senior men are the cruciferous vegetables that include the well-known broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower. They have been shown to provided a two-fold capability to to slow prostate cancer growth. This capability was documented at a meeting of a national cancer research association meeting nearly three years ago.
Over several decades numerous studies have reported the anticancer effects of the cruciferous vegetables. It turns out that when we cut or chew them compounds called isothiocyanates are formed that appear to be responsible for contributing to these benefits. Lab tests showed that one of the anticancer effects provided by these isothiocyanates is that they block the formation of the new blood vessels that cancer tumors need to grow. This is good news for senior men who may be looking for ways to slow down or halt the spread of prostate cancer.