The Best Fruits That Have Anti-Cancer Benefits You Probably Didn't Know! A Must-Read!


Cancer is one of the major health problems in the entire world due to its deadly effect which kills millions of people in just a year. In the United States alone, about one million of Americans can actually develop cancer on a yearly basis.



Even though cancer cells contain abnormal behaviours, studies have recommended that up to 40% of cancer types can be stopped by the means of healthy lifestyle and diet. On the other hand, there are some foods that are deeply studied due to their anti-cancer properties but some of them does not recognizes by experts just like the following:

Watermelon
Watermelons are widely known as a summer fruit but tis thirst-quencher contains a lot of health benefits that can actually fight against cancer. This delicious fruit can prevent the inflammation that lead to different diseases such as diabetes, arthritis, atherosclerosis, asthma and even cancer. Watermelons are really effective against inflammation due to the antioxidants that it contains which includes Vitamin A, C. B6 as well as Lycopene.

These antioxidants especially the Vitamin C and lycopene have been seriously studied because of their cancer-preventing abilities.



Pomegranate
Pomegranate functions as an aromatase inhibitor with its six properties. Aromatase is an enzyme that is related with breast cancer. The six compounds that pomegranate contains have the ability to prevent breast cancer that is caused by estrogen. Additionally, the juice of pomegranate is good for the people who suffer from diabetes because it doesn’t affect the blood sugar levels.

Mangosteen
Mangosteen is a small fruit that contains white flesh and it is extremely popular in Asian countries. A group of scientists have claimed that a unique antioxidant that can be found in Mangosteen which is known as alpha-mangostin can actually kill the leukemia cancer cells which results to the effective treatment of the disease. In fact, research is really necessary but this fruit has already proven to have anti-inflammatory effects as well as its antiseptic, antibacterial and antifungal properties.

Rambutan
Rambutan is an exotic food that can be found in Southeast Asia. It is describes as it looks like lychees but it has spikes of a hedgehog. Even though it is generally an unidentified fruit, especially in some western countries, Rambutan contains a lot of health benefits which includes its ability to avoid cancer. It is packed with antioxidant component that can get rid of the free radicals that causes oxidative damage to our cells. According to the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, the seeds and the skin of this fruit can actually fight against the deadly disease.




Peaches
A recent study that has been published in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry has said that the extract from the peach fruit has killed the aggressive cancer cells inside the mice. The peach extract has the ability to prevent the tumor from growing and inhibited the spread of cancer to other parts of the body.

On the other hand, there are healthy foods that you can actually consume in order to avoid cancer which includes the fruits that was mentioned above. There are also kinds of food that you have to avoid such as farm-raised red meats, refined oils, sugar as well as refined carbohydrates.



Source: Mercola

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