Eat your greens: they can prevent the ill-effects of toxins in foods

Monday, January 25, 2010 - 10:14 in Mathematics & Economics

(PhysOrg.com) -- LLNL researchers have found that a small dose of chlorophyll or chlorophyllin, found in green leafy vegetables, could reverse the effects of aflatoxin poisoning, a potent, naturally occurring carcinogenic. Food and food crops most prone to aflatoxin contamination include corn and corn products, cottonseed, peanuts and peanut products, tree nuts and milk. Aflatoxins can invade the food supply at anytime during production, processing, transport and storage.

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