Apples against cancer: the whole force - in the skin!

To a powerful arsenal of prevention against cancer, you can add the apples. Regularly eating these fruits as the researchers found, reduces the risk of bowel cancer. But in any case it is impossible to clean the peel before eating - it has all the power!

Researchers from Poland compared with 592 people   bowel cancer   and 765 of the same hospital patient without this disease. It was found that cancer patients in the diet was attended by a small number of apples, and people who do not have cancer, as many as 11 a week. Risk reduction was seen among those who ate at least one apple a day. Increasing the number of leads to a decrease of risk intestinal tumors   50%!

Curiously, no other fruit or vegetables did not give the same effect as apples , in business Cancer Prevention . Perhaps such an amazing protective properties of apples are explained by the presence of flavonoids. These substances, acting on the principle of antioxidants Contained in peel apples . They do not allow molecules or free radicals cause tissue damage, of which over time can develop a tumor.

So in any case do not cut peel the apples - It contains five times more of these antioxidants Than in the apple flesh. It should be a good rinse.

Well, we in turn can recall the recommendations of the World Foundation for Cancer Research, which states that the risk of tumor formation can be reduced by 30-40%, just slightly changing lifestyle. This includes sport, the fight against excess weight and eating more vegetables and fruits.

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