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What do fibroids eat or how are they get sustained ?
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Broccoli and caulifl: Fibroids get nutrients like any other organ in the body-via the blood stream.
Answered 3/26/2013
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Blood flow: Fibroids do not, ahem, eat. They are benign tumors and depend on blood flow to survive, which they develop as they grow.
Answered 10/4/2016
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