Cabbage and Broccoli Protects the Body of Effects of Radiation Therapy

Flowering vegetables such as cabbage , cauliflower , and broccoli can protect cancer patients from the side effects of radiation therapy for cancer treatment . Similarly, reported a new study published in PNAS or the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences .
Radiation therapy aims to destroy the DNA of cancer cells . The process of making such cells can not multiply and eventually die . It's just that , in addition to damaging radiation therapy of cancer cells are also potentially damaging normal cells . This then lead to side effects such as memory loss , wounds , and infertility .
In fact , ironically , the effects of DNA damage experienced by normal cells due to radiation therapy can also trigger new cancers . According to the National Cancer Institute , the girl who was given radiation to the chest for Hodgkin lymphoma has a high risk of developing breast cancer later in life .

The researchers from Georgetown University Medical Center found that flowering vegetables contain so-called DIM ( 3,3 diindolimetana ) can protect the body from radiation side effects . Experiments on mice showed that the new DIM works when given before or up to 24 hours after exposure to radiation .
Senior study author , Dr. Eliot Rosen of Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center said , DIM has been studied to prevent cancer for years , but only this time DIM is indicated as a radiation shield .
" Untreated mice all died , but more than half were given DIM survive up to 30 days after exposure to radiation , " he said .
Rosen and his team found that DIM can stimulate enzymes that repair damaged DNA after radiation . Special, DIM just fix normal cells alone , not in cancer cells .
Not only repair normal cells damaged by radiation therapy for cancer , DIM also believed to help repair cells are exposed to nuclear radiation .