Health Zone: Eating enough vegetables helps fight cancer – Expert

A food technologist, Mr Ochuko Erinkainwe, says most cancer cases can be prevented by eating enough vegetables, noting that it remains the only natural food that helps to fight the disease.

Erinkainwe spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos against the backdrop of the World Food Day celebrated on Oct. 16.

He said that Nigeria’s vegetable spread had what it takes in the fight against cancer.

Erinkainwe, the Public Relations Officer of Nutrition Society of Nigeria (NSN), said that emphasis on World Food Day should on eating right for healthy living as “food is healing’’.

“Researches have proved beyond doubt that people who eat more natural plant foods like vegetables, fruits, legumes are less likely
to be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime.

“Our daily meals count a lot when it comes to cancer risk factors, what we eat determines how much immunity we have in our body and also building resistant fluids inside the systems.

“If we want to build or design an anti-cancer diet, then we should look at adding much vegetables to our meals, we should eat plenty of vegetables everyday.

“By this, we will be flooding our systems with protective substances, this will help a lot, most especially the cruciferous
vegetables,’’ he told NAN.

Erinkainwe said: “Cruciferous vegetables may have the most powerful anti-cancer properties. This family of vegetables includes green vegetables, cabbage, onions, broccoli and some others like cauliflower…”