| If you love sinking your teeth into juicy delectable | | | | Mangos |
| fruits, you are in luck, particularly if you know | | | | At Texas A&M University's AgriLife Research |
| someone with breast cancer or are a breast | | | | department, laboratory experiments indicated that |
| cancer patient yourself. New research indicates | | | | mango fruit prevented or stopped cancer growth |
| that substances found in pomegranates and | | | | in certain breast and colon cell lines. The |
| mangoes may be natural alternatives to breast | | | | experiments also showed that mango extract |
| cancer medication and other treatment options. | | | | demonstrated some anticancer abilities when |
| Pomegranates and mangoes are considered to be | | | | tested on prostate, leukemia and lung cancer cells. |
| superfruits, or fruits that are known for their | | | | When tested on the most common breast and |
| exceptional nutritional richness and antioxidant | | | | colon cancers, however, mango compounds were |
| qualities. The wonderful thing about fruits as | | | | found to have even stronger cancer fighting |
| natural medicines is that they are delicious, contain | | | | abilities than when tested on the other types of |
| a variety of nutrients, and there are no | | | | cancer cells. |
| side-effects as a result of their consumption. | | | | In the experiments, the researchers documented |
| Pomegranates | | | | that the cancer cell division process was |
| In reference to the results of a study published in | | | | interrupted by the mango extract. In fact, the |
| the January issue of Cancer Prevention Research, | | | | mango extract caused the colon and breast |
| researchers say they've found a natural | | | | cancer cells to undergo apoptosis, or programmed |
| substance in pomegranates that could prevent the | | | | cell death. |
| development of hormone-dependent cancer and | | | | What do mangoes contain that may eventually |
| stop the growth of estrogen-responsive tumors. | | | | have the scientific and medical communities singing |
| Pomegranate fruit contains phytochemicals, | | | | their praises as worthwhile adversaries of breast |
| specifically Urolithin B, that work like aromatase | | | | cancer? The answer is polyphenols, the natural |
| inhibitors. | | | | phytochemicals found in plants. Polyphenols are |
| Aromatase inhibitors are used by physicians to | | | | antioxidants with the potential to protect the |
| block the synthesis of estrogen in an attempt to | | | | body from disease. |
| subdue the growth of estrogen-dependent breast | | | | When husband and wife food scientists Dr. |
| cancer tumors. According to the Mayo Clinic | | | | Suzanne and Steve Talcott performed the |
| website, AI drugs come choc-full of side effects | | | | experiments at Texas A&M, they evaluated |
| such as severe joint pain, muscle aches, hot | | | | specific polyphenols for effectiveness. What they |
| flashes, headaches, bone fractures, fatigue, and | | | | found was that gallotannins were the most active |
| even a risk of heart disease. | | | | cancer-fighting agents in mangoes. Gallotannins are |
| The research team for the aforementioned study | | | | a class of natural polyphenolic compounds believed |
| discovered that natural phytochemicals found in | | | | to aid in the prevention or halt the growth of |
| pomegranates suppress estrogen production, | | | | cancer cells. |
| thereby preventing the spread of cancer cells and | | | | So, pomegranate and mango lovers, eat and drink |
| the growth of estrogen-responsive tumors. One | | | | up! Both fruits have the potential to alter some of |
| particular substance found in pomegranates - | | | | those dismal breast cancer statistics by |
| dubbed Urolithin B - significantly inhibited the | | | | preventing the spread of cancer! |
| growth of cultured cancer cells in the laboratory. | | | | |