Foods for fighting CancerWritten by Christopher Yorston
Fruit is recognised as one of most powerful foods for helping body fight Cancer. Surprisingly, homely prune is fruit with highest cancer-fighting powers. Previously it was believed that oranges and spinach were best anti-cancer fruit and vegetables. The research team, from Tufts University in Boston, has released results of its study on Internet. Researchers measured fruits and vegetables for their oxygen radical absorption capacity (ORAC) which is capacity of foods to absorb free radicals. Free radicals are destructive elements which occur in our bodies when healthy oxygen molecules are transformed into a highly-reactive, unstable form of oxygen. It is believed that they can lead to illnesses such as cancer and heart disease. Anti-oxidants however, can neutralise these free radicals.
| | Foods for fighting CancerWritten by Christopher Yorston
Fruit is recognised as one of most powerful foods for helping body fight Cancer. Surprisingly, homely prune is fruit with highest cancer-fighting powers. Previously it was believed that oranges and spinach were best anti-cancer fruit and vegetables. The research team, from Tufts University in Boston, has released results of its study on Internet. Researchers measured fruits and vegetables for their oxygen radical absorption capacity (ORAC) which is capacity of foods to absorb free radicals. Free radicals are destructive elements which occur in our bodies when healthy oxygen molecules are transformed into a highly-reactive, unstable form of oxygen. It is believed that they can lead to illnesses such as cancer and heart disease. Anti-oxidants however, can neutralise these free radicals.
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