In the first-ever study on the direct effects of apples on breast cancer prevention, the research suggests that the more apples consumed, the greater the reduction in incidence and number of breast cancer tumors. These findings from Cornell University are published in the March issue of the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry.

Cornell researchers fed a group of rats with a known mammary carcinogen either whole apple extract or a control extract. As a result, mammary tumors were reduced by 17, 39 and 44 percent in the rats fed the human equivalent of one, three or six apples a day, respectively over 24 weeks.

Lead researcher Dr. Rui Hai Liu credits the phytochemicals contained in apples for inhibiting cancer cell growth. Previous research has confirmed that these important phytonutrients found in apples also pass through to the apple juice.¹ "Studies increasingly provide evidence that it is the additive and synergistic effects of the phytochemicals present in fruits and......

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