Pregnant and nursing women should eat a nutritious diet that includes generous amounts of cruciferous vegetables like broccoli and cabbage not only because of the nutritional benefits previously known and told but because it could protect their children from cancer both in infancy and adulthood.These were the suggestions of the findings of scientists from Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University which found (in laboratory mice) that supplementation of a key phytochemical (Indole-3-carbinol) found in certain vegetables provided a very high level of protection against leukemia and lymphoma in young animals while also significantly protected against lung cancer during the …read more