You may want to start including broccoli in your diet as a recent study has shown that it can reduce the risk of liver cancer and preventing the development of fatty liver. Since broccoli consumption has previously been linked to reducing the risk of certain cancers including breast colon and prostate cancers researchers at the University of Illinois wanted to see if there was a link between the vegetable and liver cancer and fatty liver or nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Researcher Elizabeth Jeffery says that the majority of the U.S. population eats a diet high in saturated fats and