date:Oct 15, 2012
Eating allium vegetables like onion and garlic may help prevent a variety of cancers including colorectal cancer, prostate cancer and breast cancer, according to a study in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
C. Galeone at Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, in Milan, Italy and colleagues conducted the study and found those who ate high amounts of onion and garlic were at a lower risk for cancer of the oral cavity and pharynx, esophageal cancer, colorectal cancer, laryngeal can