Watercress - the new superfood to prevent cancer

In my previous article on "How does Cancer develop?", I mentioned about angiogenesis as one concept. Apparently, more research has come up to support this theory.

If you look at anti-angiogenesis, the method is how to 'stop' the blood supply to the cancer cells. Tomatoes and other colourful fruits seems to have this ability. Well, the latest new superfood is watercress (Sai Yeong Choy in Cantonese) apparently has this ability as well. Watercress has the ability to turn off HIF1, a signal sent out by cells calling for blood supply.

When HIF1 becomes incorrectly regulated, otherwise harmless precancerous clusters of cells have the opportunity to grow to form invasive tumors.  "Scientists have been looking for anti-angiogenesis agents for years because if we can turn off the blood supply, we can kill the cancer," said Perricone.  "And it looks like watercress can do that.

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