Cabbage: Your Secret Weapon Against Cancer?

The power of antioxidants

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Knowing that something works isn’t the same as knowing how something works. So, what is in cabbage that makes it so surprisingly effective at fighting against cancer? It turns out that this VIP veggie has several secret ingredients to help keep you healthy, starting with the fact that it is chock-full of antioxidants.

Some of the antioxidants come from the indoles in cabbage (more on the indoles soon). Antioxidants can prevent tumors and also protect your body’s cells from damage. Part of why this works is that the antioxidants in cabbage are able to fight the free radicals that cause cancer in your body, all while reducing the oxidative stress inside of you.

Basically, any food full of antioxidants can help you fight cancer. But cabbage has some other secret ingredients that make it particularly effective.