An Apple A Day Keeps The Breast Cancer-Doctor Away

Filed in archive Breast Cancer , Diet and Food on February 19, 2009

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Well it is generally, an apple a day keeps the doctor away. Now it is an apple a day (as well as daily helpings of other fruits and vegetables) can help keep the breast cancer-doctor away.

Such were the findings of six studies published in the past year by a Cornell researcher, Rui Hai Liu (Cornell associate professor of food science and a member of Cornell's Institute for Comparative and Environmental Toxicology).

One of the recent papers reported that fresh apple extracts significantly inhibited the size of mammary tumors in rats - and the more extracts they were given, the greater the inhibition.

According to Dr. Liu:

"We not only observed that the treated animals had fewer tumors, but the tumors were smaller, less malignant and grew more slowly compared with the tumors in the untreated rats."

The said studies highlighted the importance of phytochemicals (known as phenolics or flavonoids) found in apples and other fruits and vegetables in our health.

So what are we waiting for? We've been told time and again to consume more fruits and vegetables. Above are more evidence to convince women to consume more fruits and vegetables.