7 Breast Cancer Fighting Foods

1. Broccoli and Other Cruciferous Vegetables

If you're going to eat more of just one vegetable, make it broccoli. Lab studies have found that a cancer-fighting compound in broccoli called sulforaphane stops breast cancer cells in their tracks and encourages them to self-destruct. Plus, another compound in broccoli, called indole-3-carbinol, appears to inhibit estrogen's power to promote the growth of breast cancer cells. Broccoli's anticancer powers have been shown in human studies, too. In one called the Western New York Diet Study, premenopausal women who ate the most broccoli had a 40 percent lower breast cancer risk than women who didn't eat as much.