Eat your greens

Vegetables

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Simon Cotton takes a look at those compounds that find themselves in the news or relate to our everyday lives.

Why?

In recent years, tests have shown that vegetables of the crucifer family, which includes broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts and cauliflower, contain molecules that can fight all sorts of diseases. 

 

Simon Cotton explores just why vegetables are so important, and what thye actually do for our bodies.

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