Apples and Breast Cancer

Apples and Breast Cancer The egg is considered by artists to be one of the most beautiful foods because of it's elliptical shape But I would hazard to guess that round and rosy in the form of an apple would be a top contester for one of the most perfect foods. Apples, a fruit so plentiful we often take them for granted, contain a dose of special nutrients each sphere. Gold's Gym apple a day program was instrumental in promoting what most of us inheritably knew, apples are just plain good for us. Now it appears apples could be getting even better. Food Scientists working at Cornell University have completed a soon to be published study that show apple consumption could help fight breast cancer. Their research was conducted on rats whose tumors were significantly reduced when the rodents ate one, three or six apples a day over a six month period. The scientist attribute this to the fact that apples, like other fruits and veggies are packed full of antioxidants and antioxidants are considered to be mighty cancer fighters. Is it a coincidence that a rosy colored fruit, the color that symbolizes breast cancer awareness, could help in the fight against breast cancer. I'm Susan Allen and this is Food Forethought Sosurce: The report is published online at http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/abstract.cgi/jafcau/asap/abs/jf058010c.html and will be published later this month in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.