The Bible and Cancer: Can the vegetables name in the Bible fight cancer?

Description

The essence of this book is about finding an answer to a particular question: can the vegetables named in the Bible fight cancer? The Bible has an infinite number of spiritual and moral lessons, teachings of all sorts involving every aspect of the human experience. Therefore, it would be reasonable to wonder if there are also lessons for keeping ourselves free of conditions such as cancer. Could it be possible that God's explicit reference to plants in Genesis or the consistent naming of certain vegetables throughout other chapters represents a way of pointing to foods that could improve our physical health?Could all these be an invitation to look at those vegetables from another perspective: a healing tool? But do vegetables have anti-cancer properties? Is any scientific evidence proving that they can fight malignancies, or it is all a myth? Numerous population-based studies have consistently shown that individuals with a diet rich in certain vegetables have less incidence of some types of cancer. Scientists always wondered what gives vegetables such powers. Most of them agree today that the phytochemicals inside vegetables are the most likely explanation. Phytochemicals are compounds found in almost every plant. They do not have any nutritional value for humans but, they are central to the plant's health and survival. In some cases, they are pigments essential to attract pollinators or they are part of the plant defenses against fungus and infections. Even, they may be critical components in vital functions like photosynthesis. This book is a concise review of the scientific data generated from researchers around the world studying the relationships between cancer and phytochemicals.Only references and citations from peer-reviewed medical journals were taken into account. Every assertion about the anti-cancer properties of the vegetables is the result of published clinical data and not from personal opinions.The information presented here will allow readers to reach their own conclusions about the value of dietary vegetables.