Watercress 'can help prevent cancer'

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I love watercress..wish I had a little creek in my backyard so that I could grow some!http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7999955/Watercress-can-help-prevent-cancer.htmlWatercress 'can help prevent cancer'A simple salad could prevent the onset of breast cancer thanks to the health-boosting properties of watercress, scientists have claimed. By Nick Published: 7:30AM BST 14 Sep 20102 CommentsSignificant health benefits were seen in people who ate just 80g of watercress a day Photo: CLARA MOLDENEating a single portion of watercress is enough to increase the number of cancer-fighting molecules in the bloodstream within hours and could prevent the condition from

developing, researchers said.Watercress could also prevent the recurrence of the disease in recovering breast cancer sufferers, the report from the University of Southampton claimed.Volunteers who ate 80 grams of watercress per day regularly were noticed to have significant health benefits, according to the pilot study.In 2007, there were 45,972 new cases of breast cancer diagnosed in the UK, according to Cancer Research UK.Last week figures showed that breast cancer survival rates in Britain have increased almost ten per cent in a decade.Between 1995 and 2006 the proportion of women who lived for at least five more years after being diagnosed increased from 73.4 per cent to 81.3 per cent in

England.