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Nutrition
Research Indicates Apples May Help Prevent Lung Cancer
November 24th, 1997
People who eat lots of apples may have lower rates of lung cancer, judging by a study done in Finland. The study, published August 1, 1997, in the American Journal of Epidemiology, was focused on flavonoids, vitamin-like compounds that are found in plant pigments and, like Vitamin C and beta-carotene, have antioxidant effects. The study reviewed the diet of 9,959 Finns aged five to 99 years. Of those in the group who were cancer-free in 1965, those who ate the most flavonoid-rich foods - apples and other fruit, onions, juices, vegetables, and jams - had a 20 percent lower incidence of cancer through 1991. Quercetin, a flavonoid...
Source: Cancer Weekly (1997-11-24)
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