An Apple A Day...Fights Breast Cancer

8 months ago 19th Feb 15:00

A new study has revealed that eating an apple a day can help to prevent breast cancer.

New evidence has found that apple extract slowed the growth in rats of adenocarcinoma tumours- the biggest cause of breast cancer deaths, reports Marie Claire.

The research, which was backed by the American Institute for Cancer Research also found that cancer developed in 57 per cent of rats, fed the human equivalent to one apple a day.

However, in the rat group which were denied apples, a whopping 81 per cent of them suffered rapid tumour growth.  

Interestingly enough, the more apples that were fed to the rats, the more the tumours were stunted. In addition, in rats fed around six apples a day, only 23 per cent developed tumours.

"We not only observed that the treated animals had fewer tumours, but the tumours were smaller, less malignant and grew more slowly compared with the tumours in untreated rats," said Professor Rui Hai Liu of Cornell University's Institute for Comparative and Environmental Toxicology in New York to Marie Claire.

Researchers have added that the study underlines the importance of eating antioxidant-rich flavnoids, such as apples, oranges, grapes, plums, bananas and strawberries.