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Studies show Blueberry drink packs cancer-fighting punch A blend of antioxidants and blueberry juice has been shown
to be effective in the fight against prostate and colon cancer.
| Each year in Australia, close to 3000 men die of prostate cancer. Prostate cancer can be cured if detected and treated while still confined to the prostate gland. Scientists at the University of Sydney have found that tumours in rats were reduced by 30 per cent after they were fed an antioxidant drink called Blueberry Punch.
Blueberry Punch is made with blueberries, tarragon, turmeric, raspberry, citrus peel, and olive leaf extract.
"It is all the really super foods that are high in antioxidants and high in anti-inflammatories," said Nicola Fox, a dietician with the company that has developed the drink.
The initial trials at the University of Sydney were done in a Petri dish but the testing soon moved to rats. "Over 10 days the rats had a reduction in their tumour size of 30 per cent which is really significant in scientific terms," said Ms Fox.
Ms Fox says the "trick" is that there is not only one ingredient in the juice which is responsible. "It is the ingredients in combination, that they have a synergistic effect," she said.
"So if you have the ingredients separately, it wouldn't have the same effect that it does when you actually put those ingredients together."
Blueberry Punch has No side effects
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Ms Fox says foods high in antioxidants were used because they are known to help stop the growth of cancers.
"On different levels, the cancers start off as an inflammatory process and if you can stop that inflammation process from happening, you stop the cancer from growing," she said. "There are also other proteins involved. For example, if you can inhibit a protein called cyclin D1, you can reduce the size of the cancer."
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"It needed to be quick because a lot of these cancers are really fast growing aggressive cancers and the product needs to work fast."
She says there are benefits to having cancer therapy available as a drink rather than as a drug. "There are so many medical treatments out there, but unfortunately with drugs, pharmacological treatments, there are side effects and there are potential adverse reactions, whereas with food, you minimise that.
"There aren't any side effects and there aren't any negative, you know, terrible adverse reactions that you get with drugs."
Anti-oxidants found in blueberries and grapes may offer protection against colon cancer, according to a new study that suggests the humble berry should be added to the list of cancer-fighting superfoods. Another study suggested that chemicals found in grape seed extract may protect against skin cancer by inhibiting the suppression of the immune system caused by ultraviolet light exposure, researchers at the University of Alabama said.
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