 That doesn't mean some veggies aren't better than others. Some of these vegetables target multiple cancers at the same time, so using this groundbreaking new data, let's play Which is Healthier? Imagine you're standing in line at one of those custom made-to-order salad places where you get to choose your lettuce, choose your toppings, and then choose your dressing. Let's assume you don't have a strong family history. You don't have any particular cancer, and so aren't trying to hone in on avoiding one tumor over any other. First, let's choose our lettuce. Boston, Endive, Raditio, Romaine, or Spinach, which is healthier? Out of the five, spinach is number one against breast cancer. Remember, the farther down the better it is at slowing down these cancer cells. Number one against brain tumors. Number one against kidney cancer. Number one against lung cancer and pediatric brain tumors. That's why we need to feed our kids spinach. Number one against pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, and stomach cancer. Now, it's not number one overall. There are 16 vegetables more powerful at stopping stomach cancer growth than spinach, but out of those five salad greens, spinach wins out across the board against every cancer type tested. What if the salad place said they were out of spinach, though? Which comes in second out of the four left to choose from? For breast cancer, Raditio is number two against brain tumors, Raditio. Kidney cancer, Raditio, Raditio, Romaine, Raditio, Raditio, and Raditio. So overall, out of those choices for greens, Raditio is second healthiest. Back to the menu. Next, we get to choose four toppings. Now, there's a long line of people behind you all staring at us to make our choice. We don't have time to ponder and pick the four absolute best, but we can at least make a guess as to roughly where on the graph they are. Yes or no? According to this amazing new data, do carrots slow down cancer cell growth rates more than 50%? Yes or no? The answer is no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, and no. So shredded carrots aren't going to make our top toppings choice. What about shredded beets? Yes or no? Yes. Super yes. Brain tumor just beat it. Kidney cancer is a no, close to 50%, but not quite there, but then yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. So overall, yes for beets. Are we putting cucumber on our salad? As tasty as they may be? No. For most cancers, it's suppressed tumor cell growth less than 50%. What about tomatoes? No tomatoes either. What about a potato? You can actually choose potatoes for your salad. Yes or no? No potatoes either. Wait a second, no iceberg lettuce, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, potatoes? That's all people eat. That's the problem. Even people eating their vegetables aren't really eating their vegetables. The majority of veggies people commonly eat have little effect. Cutting to the chase. The line of the salad place is now out the door at this point. In this study, there was one clear winner, one vegetable that completely 100% stopped cancer growth in seven out of the eight tumor lines. One of the most important findings of the year. Which vegetable was it? Was it bok choy, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, fiddle head ferns, garlic, kale, or red cabbage? Number one against breast cancer, garlic. Number one against brain tumors, garlic. Number two against kidney cancer, lung cancer, garlic. Childhood brain tumors, garlic. Pancreatic cancer, garlic. Prostate cancer and stomach cancer, garlic. So might I suggest a garlicky salad dressing? But wait, is it just that garlic is toxic to all cells? Yes, it stops the growth of cancer cells, but maybe it stops the growth of healthy cells, too. That wouldn't be good. They test it for that. The black bars are the cancer cells. The white bars are the normal cells. As you can see, garlic slams cancer cells, but doesn't touch normal cells. And the same thing with pretty much all the vegetables. They're selective. They go after the cancer cells, but leave the normal cells alone. Veggies are amazing. Now if you didn't pick garlic and instead chose one of those others, you probably weren't far off. The two best families of vegetables for cancer prevention are the cruciferous vegetables, like broccoli, kale, cabbage, and the allium family vegetables, like garlic, onions, and leeks. Let me just run through this one last time to highlight this important concept. Starting from the beginning. Various vegetables in green, allium family vegetables in yellow. So what I want you to notice is the clustering of colors over to the right side, which illustrates the power of these two superfood classes of vegetables, whether for breast cancer, brain cancer, kidney cancer, lung cancer, or brain cancer. Interestingly you'll notice that the bok choy is often the kind of odd one out, apparently the least healthy of the cruciferous vegetables, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, and finally stomach cancer. So you know all those recipes that start with like garlic and onions and then you throw in some greens. That is the way to eat. The researchers conclude the inclusion of cruciferous and allium family vegetables in the diet is essential for effective dietary based chemo preventive or cancer preventive strategies.