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they taste good, are full of antioxydants and even fight cancer
Beat Blueberries and Strawberries as Cancer Fighters
By Daniel DeNoon WebMD Medical News Reviewed By Michael Smith, MD
May 3, 2002 -- Eat your berries, cancer researchers say. A new study shows that black raspberries protect animals from colon cancer.
Earlier studies have shown that blueberries and strawberries also have cancer-preventing properties. But black raspberries seem to work even better. Berries are chock full of antioxidants, chemicals that help block tumors from forming. Antioxidants sop up cancer-causing molecules called free radicals -- damaging substances produced from your body's everyday functions.
"We were surprised by how much difference there was between the antioxidant activity of the raspberries versus the other fruits," says Gary Stoner, PhD, in a news release. Stoner is associate director of the Ohio State University cancer center.
The study appears in the current issue of the journal Nutrition and Cancer.
Stoner's research team gave rats injections of a substance that causes colon cancer. Some of the rats were then fed freeze-dried raspberries. The berry-eating animals had 80% fewer tumors than those with no berries in their diet.
Beat Blueberries and Strawberries as Cancer Fighters
By Daniel DeNoon WebMD Medical News Reviewed By Michael Smith, MD
May 3, 2002 -- Eat your berries, cancer researchers say. A new study shows that black raspberries protect animals from colon cancer.
Earlier studies have shown that blueberries and strawberries also have cancer-preventing properties. But black raspberries seem to work even better. Berries are chock full of antioxidants, chemicals that help block tumors from forming. Antioxidants sop up cancer-causing molecules called free radicals -- damaging substances produced from your body's everyday functions.
"We were surprised by how much difference there was between the antioxidant activity of the raspberries versus the other fruits," says Gary Stoner, PhD, in a news release. Stoner is associate director of the Ohio State University cancer center.
The study appears in the current issue of the journal Nutrition and Cancer.
Stoner's research team gave rats injections of a substance that causes colon cancer. Some of the rats were then fed freeze-dried raspberries. The berry-eating animals had 80% fewer tumors than those with no berries in their diet.
