Phytochemicals are substances found in plants that have been identified by researchers as beneficial to
\nhumans. We have identified only a few of the thousands of phytochemicals, and we do not fully
\nunderstand how they work. Here are a few that have been linked to prevention of specific diseases.<\/p>\n
Phytochemicals That Help to Prevent Cancer:<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n peppers contain capsaicin<\/strong>, <\/p>\n citrus fruits and tomatoes contain coumarins<\/strong>, <\/p>\n berries, peppers, carrots, tomatoes contain flavinoids<\/strong> and <\/p>\n tomatoes and fruits contain lycopenes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n soybeans contain genistein<\/p>\n sulforophane in broccoli<\/p>\n Garlic, onions and chives contain S-allycysteine<\/strong> which help to prevent cancer-causing nitrosamine from Licorice contains triterpenoids<\/strong> <\/p>\n the cabbage family contains indoles and isothiocyanates<\/strong><\/p>\n Beans, peas and lentils contain genistein<\/strong> <\/p>\n Phytochemicals that Help to Prevent Heart Attacks:<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Barley, wheat and flaxseed contains lignins<\/strong> <\/p>\n Beans, peas and lentils contain genistein<\/strong> <\/p>\n onions and garlic contain alicin <\/strong><\/p>\n Checked 7\/13\/12<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Phytochemicals are substances found in plants that have been identified by researchers as beneficial to humans. We have identified only a few of the thousands of phytochemicals, and we do not fully understand how they work. Here are a few that have been linked to prevention of specific diseases. Phytochemicals That Help to Prevent Cancer: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nutrition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drmirkin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nforming in your stomach. <\/p>\n