International research backs up this data
The United States is not the only country that has focused their research efforts on the connection between cruciferous vegetables and cancer. In both Switzerland and Italy, researchers looked at data collected across various studies and reached similar conclusions about their positive link. Though the most notable results were a 32 percent reduced rate of kidney cancer among those individuals who ate cruciferous vegetables at least once a week, there were similar results with other cancers as well. These include a 17 percent reduction in oral, breast and colorectal cancers as well as a 28 percent reduction in esophageal cancer.
The evidence is clear. When those individuals who ate cruciferous vegetables about once a week were compared to their counterparts who rarely, or never, ate vegetables, the veggie eaters were much healthier. The difference in their cancer rates was so significant across the board that everyone should consider increasing their vegetable intake.
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