Prevent Colon Inflammation

Vegetables are a source of fiber and vitamins that we must consume. Research shows, including the type of vegetable broccoli that has the ability to improve the health of the digestive organs, particularly to prevent colitis.

In a study conducted by a team from the University of Liverpool is known, the fiber of broccoli will increase the body's natural ability to fight infections of the digestive tract. Therefore, do more research in to see if broccoli could be used as a drug for patients with Crohn's disease or colitis.

Patients with Crohn's disease usually have limited absorb enough nutrients. The main symptoms of this disease is prolonged diarrhea, cramps or abdominal pain, blood in the stool, fatigue, and weight loss.

Crohn's disease affects about 1 in 1,000 people and is often experienced by people whose diets are low in fiber and eat more foods that are processed or preserved.

The results showed that fiber from vegetables, such as those derived from broccoli, it prevents bacterial entry into intestinal cells. Now scientists were testing the effects of fiber broccoli on 76 patients of Crohn disease to see if they will disappear after the regularly eat broccoli.

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Maximising the benefits of Broccoli

Broccoli cooking the wrong way can cause cancer-fighting content contained in green vegetables is lost. However, there is now a surefire way to maximize the anti-cancer of the broccoli.

Scientists from the University of Illinois, United States, managed to find a way to maximize the strength of anti-cancer in broccoli. The trick is to heat the broccoli in a certain temperature limits so that the cancer-fighting substance called sulforaphane is not lost.

Elizabeth Jeffery discovery made that makes the content of sulforaphane in broccoli increased. Sulforaphane is one of the most powerful anti-cancer content contained in the plant. "The content of this work by boosting enzymes in the liver to destroy cancerous substances that enter the body through food or the environment," he said.

He explained, to trigger the expenditure of sulforaphane is somewhat difficult. Sulforphane The reason is related to a sugar molecule through the sulfur bond. When the broccoli enzyme to remove sulforphane memacahkan sugar, sulfur binding protein can menghabuskan sulforphane this and make it inactive.

"Although the bacteria in our gut may be issued sulforphane, but we do not have the enzymes to remove it from the body tissues. Therefore it is best to get the enzymes from broccoli," says professor of food science and nutrition department of this.

That's why he and his team do some warm-up experiments to find out at what point the issue sulforphane broccoli enzyme is destroyed.

"The heating time 10 minutes at 60 degrees Celsius is the best time to get anti-cancer content of broccoli. For consumers at home, you should steam the broccoli for 3-4 minutes until it feels a little soft," he said.

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Soursop has many benefits

Inside are substances that can ward off gout, hypertension, osteoporosis, and can make the young. Among other benefits, increase endurance, heal hemorrhoids, and facilitate the digestion of food.

For healthy living, we are advised to consume 2-4 servings of fruit and 3-5 servings of vegetables per day. Fruits and vegetables are a source of vitamins, minerals, and fiber food is excellent. In addition, the soursop is also a source of phytochemical compounds which lately very useful for health.

We need to give thanks for our region overflowing with a variety of tropical fruits. Fruits are full of nutrition and nongizi components that are needed to optimize health.

One type of tropical fruit is extremely popular due to the sharp aroma and the taste is sweet acidity is soursop. The fruit is very easy to find, ranging from traditional fruit market to the supermarket. In restaurants and hotels, soursop fruit is generally presented in the form of cold juice.

It was a sweet acidity that provides sensation for the fans. For those who like breakfast with bread, fruit soursop are also often added in the form of jam. Whatever the form of processed products, the taste of soursop remains strongly attached to the product so it is easily recognizable.

Fruit worldwide
Soursop (Anona muricata Linn) is a close relative Sugar-apple (Anona squamosa Linn.) Soursop plants originated from tropical America, which is about Peru, Mexico, and Argentina. In the place of origin, soursop fruit is an important and prestigious.

This fruit is one of the first fruit trees introduced into the world shortly after Columbus discovered the Americas. Soon after, the Spaniards brought to the Philippines and proven soursop plants can be grown in most tropical countries, including in Indonesia. This plant grows well all over Indonesia, from the plains to an altitude of 1000 meters above sea level.

The word comes from Dutch language soursop, namely zuurzak. Zuur word meaning sour, mean zak a bag. So, literally interpreted as a bag of sour taste. In Malaysia, the soursop is durian called Dutch (Dutch durian).

Another name for the soursop is corossol / cachiman epincux (France), saucrapfel (Germany), Guanabana / zapote Agrio (Spain), thu-rian-rhaek (Thailand), Seetha (Tamil), guayabano (Philippines), ciguofan Lizhi (Chinese) , togebanreishi (Japan), and seremania (Fiji). In English, the fruit is known as soursop soursop because it tastes sweet acidity.

In Indonesia, the plant also known as soursop or jackfruit jackfruit dutch side. Plants can adapt and grow well in all areas. However, soursop plants have not been cultivated on a large scale, are generally planted on a limited basis in the yard or driveway.

Rich in vitamin C
Soursop fruit consists of 67.5 percent pulp, 20 percent of the fruit peel, fruit seeds 8.5 percent and 4 percent of the fruit core. The content of nutrients and dietary fiber per 100 grams of soursop fruit is the edible part can be seen in the table.
After water, the highest content of nutrients in the soursop is carbohydrates.

One type of carbohydrate in the soursop fruit is a reducing sugar (glucose and fructose) hearing levels from 81.9 to 93.6 percent of the total sugar content.

Soursop fruit contains very little fat (0.3 g/100 g) so it is good for health. Sour taste in soursop from nonvolatile organic acids, particularly malic acid, citric acid, and acid isositrat.

Vitamins are the most dominant in the soursop fruit is vitamin C, which is about 20 mg per 100 grams of fruit flesh. Requirement of vitamin C per person per day (ie 60 mg) have been satisfied only by consuming 300 grams of meat soursop fruit.

Vitamin C content high enough on the soursop is an excellent antioxidant to increase endurance and slow the aging process (stay young).

Dominant minerals are phosphorus and calcium, respectively by 27 and 14 mg per 100 g. Both minerals are essential for the formation of bone mass that is useful to form strong bones and prevent osteoporosis.
Soursop advantage lies in the levels of sodium (sodium) is low (14 mg per 100 g), but high in potassium (potash), which is 278 mg per 100 g. Comparison of high potassium and sodium are very advantageous in order to prevent hypertension disease.

Rich in fiber
In addition to nutritional components, soursop fruit is also very rich in components nongizi. One of them is to contain lots of fiber (dietary fiber), which reached 3.3 g per 100 g of fruit flesh.

Consumption of 100 g of fruit flesh can meet 13 percent of daily needs of food fiber. Soursop fruit is a fruit that is rich in phytochemical compounds that can be ascertained that the fruit is very much beneficial for health.
Some examples of phytochemical compounds contained in fruit soursop are: acetaldehyde, amyl-caproate, amyloid, annonain, anomuricine, anomuricinine, anomurine, anonol, atherosperminine, beta-sitosterol, campesterol, cellobiose, citrulline, coclaurine, coreximine, dextrose, galactomannan, geranyl -caproate, muricine, muricinine, muricapentocin, muricoreacin, procyanidin, stepharine, stigmasterol, tannin, xylosyl-cellulose (http://www.herb4myhealth.com).

Phytochemical compounds are likely to have health giving properties, although not all scientifically proven. Soursop's benefits for therapy, among other things, the treatment of gallstones, antisembelit, uric acid, and increased appetite. In addition, the fiber content also serves to facilitate digestion, especially for the treatment of constipation (difficult bowel movements).

Juice (juice) soursop in the digestive system will increase the appetite. Other uses of this juice is for the treatment of hip stiffness and pain, hemorrhoids (piles), gallstones, and others (Wirakusumah, 2004).

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Soursop Could Treat Cancer

Cancer can be treated by eating herbs or fruits. Of the many herbs, the soursop has advantages compared to other fruits.

Soursop is known to prevent and also effective for treating some types of cancer. "For the soursop itself has been investigated to treat colon cancer (colon), lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, and breast cancer (breast)," said Dr. Hardhi Pranata, SpS, as Chairman of the Public Doctors Association of Medical Herbs Indonesia (PDHMI).

Part soursop useful for cancer drugs is the stem, leaves, and fruit or in juice form. The fruit can be eaten straight, made juice, or a decoction of the leaves boiled and then drunk.

"Either way soursop drink fruit juice or by boiling 9 soursop leaves and drink the cooking water and then monitored the situation. Usually the appetite will increase and the growth of cancer cells is inhibited," said Dr. Hardhi.

He also explained, soursop compounds containing saponins, polyphenols, and bioflavonoids that have antioxidant properties. Well, way to kill cancer cells by the soursop is different with other herbs. Soursop only kill cells that grow abnormally or specific cells such as free radicals which are cancer cells. But soursop does not damage healthy cells.

In addition to having good taste, soursop fruit also helps maintain health, prevent disease, and treating diseases. This is because the soursop fruit also can lower blood pressure, anti-parasitic, a sedative that works to increase immunity and to overcome depression, arthritis, and also for gout.

"Consumption of soursop fruit again this should be encouraged not to become extinct because of the many benefits that can be obtained by eating this fruit," said the doctor who practices at the Gatot Subroto Army Hospital this.

For in Indonesia, research on the efficacy of soursop and other medicinal plants will be done in the near future. In this study, Dharmais Cancer Hospital will cooperate with Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine PDHMI facilitated. In this study the combination therapy will be conducted between the drugs and herbs.

"This cooperation MoU has been signed and is expected to begin in December already begun to do research in Indonesia," added Dr. Hardhi.

He said that at Nanjing University, this combination therapy has been done. Cancer patients there did not experience nausea, hair loss, weight loss, and could still walk around as usual.

This combination therapy is expected to reduce the side effects of standard cancer therapies that do, such as chemotherapy, radiation or surgery, and chemotherapy can reduce the amount that should be done by the patient.

Plants and fruits that are known to have anti-cancer effects, such as:

1. Tomatoes are known to treat prostate cancer, by eating tomatoes that have been boiled.
2. Red chillies known to prevent colon cancer if taken for long periods.
3. Grape seed is also known to have anti-cancer compounds. Therefore, if you eat grapes, look who has the seeds and eat with the skin.
4. Red betel leaf is known as an anti-breast cancer by boiling.
5. Wild Ginger is known to have active substance cursil which is as anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties.

"Some of medicinal plants in Indonesia contain anti-cancer drugs, such as sitotoksin who has the ability to kill and detecting cells that grow abnormally. Compounds in this plant could serve in a combined form, but there is also a single," he said .

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Cancer-fighting broccoli

Some types of vegetables and fruits have been shown to prevent the spread of cancer cells, one of the invincible is broccoli. This dark green vegetables contain antioxidant compounds that help neutralize carcinogens.

Broccoli contains substances that stimulate the detoxification enzymes that naturally help the body eliminate toxins that cause cancer and dangerous.

Indole-3-carbinol, a substance found in broccoli, even very good for maintaining the health of women. Research shows, this substance reduces the risk of breast cancer and cervical cancer, and help suppress the activity of cancer cells that already exist. The green is also loaded kemprefol flavonoids, which protect the body against ovarian cancer.

Excess broccoli not only because he was also the source of folic acid, vitamin B is needed to establish and protect the DNA, producing blood cells, forming new cells, and synthesize proteins. Folic acid is also associated with reduced risk of cancer in adults.

There are several reasons why broccoli is a vegetable that are important to women's health. First, folic acid is a substance that is important for pregnant women to the development of the fetal nervous system and prevent defects of the brain and spinal cord.

Second, research shows, women are more prone to depression than men and depression are closely related to folic acid deficiency. The good news, increasing intake of folic acid effective to increase serotonin levels and reduce symptoms of depression.

Another added bonus, the broccoli is a source of fiber, vitamin C, K, E, and A, as well as a variety of essential minerals. In addition, as a natural diuretic, broccoli helps reduce symptoms of bloating and fluid retention before menstruation.

For optimal taste and nutrition, it is advisable to treat the steamed broccoli in a way not more than five minutes or until bright green color slightly. Add the pure olive oil, lemon, or salt to taste.

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Avoid diseases Cancer

Any person convicted has cancer would have suffered a major blow. The word "cancer" is a scourge for anyone considering most difficult to cure this disease, especially when already in an advanced stage.

According to Health Minister Sedyaningsih Endang Rahayu, who also surviver lung cancer, the use of the word "verdict" for cancer is less precise. Endang said that the words are like a punishment against a person.

"Let's not use words like that. In addition to the words that are not true, nor encouraging," he said, while attending a book discussion at Peace with Cancer Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital (RSCM), Wednesday (8 / 6 / 2011).

Endang appealed, it would be nice if the word "verdict" was replaced with a "diagnosis". That's because, she said, the diagnosis and the verdict has the same meaning, but more pleasing to the ear. "Like the diagnosis of typhoid or a flu diagnosis," he added.

On the occasion Minister also said his concern because there are still many people who prefer an alternative treatment pathway compared with medical therapy.

Menkes suspect, the reason many people seek treatment due to the alternative treatment methods are relatively easy and does not create pain. Unlike the case with medical treatment which does sometimes make the patients experienced side effects. One example, for example, chemotherapy often make patients experience discomfort such as nausea, vomiting, and pain.

"Still, more progress in medicine was growing rapidly. More and sought ways in which very little cause discomfort. And, importantly, the pursued rather than cure or eliminate the cancer, but how that person can live with good quality from day to day, "said Endang.

Endang realized, alternative medical practices in today's society is growing very fast, but have not been able menertibkannya Kemenkes. Until now, according to Endang, it is still looking for the right way to do the policing and prosecution.

"We are again looking for how the mechanism with local governments, and other regulatory agencies so that we can eradicate this," he concluded.

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