Cauliflower - Veggie

Cauliflower

Overview

Cauliflower is a vegetable. The head or curd of cauliflower is commonly eaten as food or as a medicine. Cauliflower is taken by mouth as an antioxidant and to increase urination; for anemia, menopause, scurvy, and weight loss; and to prevent bladder cancer, breast cancer, heart disease, diabetes, stroke, lung cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, osteoporosis, and prostate cancer.

Uses & Effectiveness

• Bladder cancer: There is some evidence that people who eat large amounts of cauliflower and related vegetables have a lower risk of developing bladder cancer. However, some conflicting results suggest that eating cauliflower alone is not linked with a lower risk of bladder cancer.
  
  
• Breast cancer: Some early research suggests that eating cauliflower and related vegetables is linked with a slight increase in the risk of breast cancer in premenopausal women. However, eating cauliflower and related vegetables does not appear to be linked with breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women.
  
  
• Diabetes: Early research suggests that women who eat cauliflower and related vegetables do not have a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared to those who don’t eat these vegetables.
  
  
• Stroke that is caused by a clot (ischemic stroke): Early research suggests that eating larger amounts of cauliflower and related vegetables is linked with a lower risk of ischemic stroke in some people.
  
  
• Lung cancer: Early research shows that eating larger amounts of cauliflower is linked with a lower risk of developing lung cancer in women but not men.
  
  
• Non-Hodgkin lymphoma: Early research suggests that women who eat larger amounts of cauliflower and related vegetables have a lower risk of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma. However, eating cauliflower and related vegetables does not seem to be linked with a lower risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in men.
  
  
• Prostate cancer: Early research shows that people who eat larger amounts of cauliflower and related vegetables have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer.