‘vitamin A’

Fruit and Vegetables in the Green and Orange Color Effectively Prevent Cancer

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Vegetables Effectively Prevent CancerCancer has been a bugbear for the community and become one of the highest causes of death in Indonesia, which was also triggered by an unbalanced diet or food contamination.

However, according to Dr. Ir. Francisca Zakaria, MSc, researcher and lecturer at Agricultural Technology (Fateta) Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) in Bogor, cancer could be prevented, and this is done by improving the food consumption.

“Among them are fruits and vegetables are colored green like broccoli, green cincau pariah and that contains chlorophyll. Also, carrots, tomatoes, oranges and other foods that are rich orange carotene cancer prevention is also very helpful,” he said. (more…)

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Vitamins and Minerals Against Cancer (II)

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

vitamins and minerals against cancerVitamins as a Shield Anticancer

Unlike carbohydrates, fats and proteins, vitamins are not an energy source, but serve as chemical models for enzymes related to metabolic function, cell production, tissue repair and other vital processes.

Vitamin C, and precursor of vitamin A as beta-carotene, are antioxidants, so they are considered as protectors of the oxidation of cells, and thus of degenerative diseases such as cancer.

Vitamin C or ascorbic acid has been widely documented. Today is known as stress vitamin because of its association with all processes related to metabolic stress. As an antioxidant shield your needs are greater than the rest of the vitamins, which in just a few milligrams fulfill these functions. (more…)

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