The benefit of eating celery in lowering the risk of cancer

Aromatic in smell, helping us live well

Faisal Zarif
3 min readJun 10, 2021

Cancer is the world’s second-largest cause of death. Overall, cancer has become more common; in the United States alone, around 1,665,540 persons were diagnosed with cancer in 2014, with 585,720 of them dying due to the disease. As a result, cancer is a major issue that impacts the health of all human communities. Unfortunately, it is a variety of disease at the tissue level, and this variation is a big barrier for its particular diagnosis, followed by therapeutic efficacy. The prostate, lung and bronchus, colon and rectum, and urinary bladder all have the greatest percentages of cancer types in men. Breast cancer, lung and bronchus cancer, colon and rectum cancer, uterine corpus cancer, and thyroid cancer are the most common cancers in women. Blood cancer and malignancies of the brain and lymph nodes account for the highest percentage of cancer cases among youngsters. Cancer is caused by a succession of gene changes that cause the cell’s functions to be altered [1].

Image was taken from Flickr under limited license on 10th June 2021

Celery (Apium graveolens L.) is an important aromatic plant farmed in various parts of the world for its fresh herbs as a salad crop. The dried fruits can also be used as a seasoning. Celery cultivation began in the Italian lowlands and expanded to France and England. In 1623, the first…

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Faisal Zarif

MSc in Life Sciences (Lancaster University). I write health pieces based on published scientific journal articles. https://www.faisalhealthbydesign.com/