Watercress and Salmon Fight Cancer

Happy Couples: Serve Salmon with Watercress to Fight Cancer.

Watercress contains the plant chemical sulforaphane, a weapon against cancer. Salmon is a source of trace mineral selenium, a lack of which has been linked with higher instances of breast, lung and bladder cancer.

Researchers at the Institute of Food Research found a combination of sulforaphane and selenium had a powerful impact on genes which play an important role in tumour development.

Daily Mail, 26 July 2011