http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (AP)—Your boss wants you to eat your broccoli, hit the treadmill and pledge you'll never puff on a cigarette. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-quick-workplace-wellness.html Health Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:45:47 EST news281637934 The green beans are fresh, the broccoli crunchy and the baby corn sweet, but having failed "cosmetic" tests of international supermarkets, the Kenyan-grown food was hurled out as waste. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-dustbin-dinner-ministers-binned-food.html Health Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:10:02 EST news280497588 (HealthDay)—It can be pretty tough for broccoli to compete with a bag of chips. There's no broccoli aisle in the grocery store. And, you won't see too many creative ads showcasing broccoli on TV or online. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-gardens-nurture-kids-healthy-foods.html Health Thu, 27 Dec 2012 14:50:01 EST news275838456 It looks like your mother was on to something when she said, "Eat your vegetables!" A concentrated form of a compound called sulforaphane found in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables has been shown to reduce the number of acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells in the lab setting, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine. The findings appear in the current edition of PLOS ONE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-vegetable-compound-ingredient-leukemia.html Cancer Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:00:44 EST news274554022 A new compound created from a rich source in vegetables including broccoli and brussel sprouts has been developed to combat triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). This research is being presented at the 2012 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Annual Meeting and Exposition, the world's largest pharmaceutical sciences meeting, in Chicago, Ill., on Oct. 14 – 18, during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-vegetable-derived-compound-effective-triple-negative-breast.html Cancer Wed, 17 Oct 2012 10:36:21 EST news269688963 The age-old parental struggle of convincing youngsters to eat their fruits and vegetables has some new allies: Power Punch Broccoli, X-Ray Vision Carrots—and a host of catchy names for entrees in school cafeterias. Cornell University researchers studied how a simple change, such as using attractive names, would influence elementary-aged children's consumption of vegetables. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-sustain-vegetable-intake-schools.html Health Mon, 17 Sep 2012 04:35:29 EST news267075293 (AP) -- After scraping together a mound of zucchini, broccoli, beef, pineapple and noodles on a big round Mongolian grill, Kevin Wallace measured out a shot of grapeseed oil infused with hashish and poured it over the steaming food, setting off a sizzle. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-munchies-pot-eatery-ore.html Health Fri, 04 May 2012 10:20:05 EST news255344647 Pregnant women may have added incentive to bulk up on broccoli and eggs now that a Cornell University study has found increased maternal intake of the nutrient choline could decrease their children's chances of developing hypertension and diabetes later in life. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-prenatal-choline-healthier-babies.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Thu, 03 May 2012 04:00:01 EST news255233689 Eating cruciferous vegetables after breast cancer diagnosis was associated with improved survival among Chinese women, according to results presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2012, held here March 31 - April 4. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-cruciferous-vegetable-consumption-linked-breast.html Cancer Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:04:53 EST news252684284 Researchers in the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University have discovered yet another reason why the "sulforaphane" compound in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables is so good for you – it provides not just one, but two ways to prevent cancer through the complex mechanism of epigenetics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-mechanism-sulforaphane-cancer.html Genetics Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:07:04 EST news249656800 Parents of picky eaters can encourage their children to eat more nutritionally diverse diets by introducing more color to their meals, according to a new Cornell University study. The study finds that colorful food fare is more appealing to children than adults. Specifically, food plates with seven different items and six different colors are particularly appealing to children, while adults tend to prefer fewer colors only three items and three colors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-plates-boost-picky-eater-appetite.html Health Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:46:03 EST news244982745 Long the bane of picky eaters everywhere, broccoli's taste is not just a matter of having a cultured palate; some people can easily taste a bitter compound in the vegetable that others have difficulty detecting. Now a team of Penn researchers has helped uncover the evolutionary history of one of the genes responsible for this trait. Beyond showing the ancient origins of the gene, the researchers discovered something unexpected: something other than taste must have driven its evolution. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-bitter-perception-flavors-geneticists.html Genetics Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:29:33 EST news242411361 Researchers reporting online in the journal Cell on October 13th have found another good reason to eat your green vegetables, although it may or may not win any arguments with kids at the dinner table. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-green-veggies-immune-defenses.html Medical research Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:22:31 EST news237730944 New research has found that if you want some of the many health benefits associated with eating broccoli or other cruciferous vegetables, you need to eat the real thing – a key phytochemical in these vegetables is poorly absorbed and of far less value if taken as a supplement. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-health-benefits-broccoli-require-food.html Health Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:42:23 EST news237552136 Teaming fresh broccoli with a spicy food that contains the enzyme myrosinase significantly enhances each food's individual cancer-fighting power and ensures that absorption takes place in the upper part of the digestive system where you'll get the maximum health benefit, suggests a new University of Illinois study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-evidence-spicing-broccoli-boosts-cancer-fighting.html Health Tue, 13 Sep 2011 08:33:02 EST news235121560 Can a cozy dining table and nice music prompt people to reach for the greens and go light on dessert? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-home-healthy-meal.html Health Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:30:01 EST news230999148