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Festival goer smashes the World Watercress Eating record 20 May 2013 | 02:17 pm
Alresford resident Glenn Walsh set a brand new record in the World Watercress Eating Championships 2013 at the annual Watercress Festival. Glenn chomped down two bags of fiery watercress in an incredi...
Studies Back Watercress Cancer-Fighting Claims 28 Aug 2012 | 04:56 pm
A study reported in the current Journal of the National Cancer Institute found that a compound contained in watercress – phenethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC) – inhibited the spread of breast cancer in mic...
Watercress Prevents Damage Caused by a Workout 9 May 2012 | 02:10 am
Researchers have found that antioxidant-rich watercress, often labelled a super-food, can alleviate the natural stress put on our body by a workout. Though regular moderate exercise is known to be go...
Champagne of the Cress World 6 Oct 2011 | 12:40 am
British watercress farmers are one step closer to becoming the ‘champagne’ of the cress world after passing the first stage of their battle to gain EU protected status for the age-old method of growin...
Watercress and Salmon Fight Cancer 27 Jul 2011 | 03:07 am
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 whic...
Watercress in New Anti-cancer Diet Book 22 Jun 2011 | 02:57 am
Zest For Life. A new book highlights a recent study by Oregan State University which indicates that cruciferous vegetables such as watercress are thought to contain a molecule which eliminates toxic ...
World’s Healthiest Sandwich 25 Apr 2011 | 02:53 am
Simply Bursts with Health! Since the Earl of Sandwich paired watercress with cold roast beef in the nation’s first-ever takeaway back in 1762, watercress has been favoured as the salad leaf of choice...
Cancer Fighting Ability 29 Jan 2011 | 11:32 am
New Discovery of Cancer Fighting Ability of Cruciferous Veg Science Daily, January 2011. Scientists are reporting discovery of a potential biochemical basis for the apparent cancer-fighting ability o...
