An apple every day will repel breast cancer

Eating an apple every day will help the sisters stay away from the dreaded breast cancer, a study on mice has demonstrated.

Research conducted by the American Cancer Institute for 24 weeks in mice showed that apple juice extract slows the growth of adenomas - the biggest cause of breast cancer death. The more apples you eat, the more inhibited these tumors are.

Specifically, 81% of mice in the group that did not use apples had rapid growth of tumors.

For mice fed apples at the same dose as humans who ate an apple a day, cancer only thrived in 57% of them.

In the group of rats eating apples the same as when we ate six fruits a day, tumors only broke out in 23% of them.

"We not only observed that mice that ate apples had fewer tumors, but these tumors were also smaller, less malignant and grew more slowly than tumors in mice that did not eat apples." Professor Rui Hai Liu from Cornell University in New York.

The researchers claim this work underscores the role of dietary flavonoids, because of their antioxidant properties and against spontaneous cell division in the body.

Apples are top fruits that contain flavonoids, followed by oranges, grapes, strawberries, plums and bananas.

Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in the UK, with about 125 people detected every day. Each year, about 1 million people worldwide are diagnosed with the disease.