BLACK RASPBERRIES PREVENT CANCER

Nutrition especially fruits like black raspberries can impact health including cancer. Yes, black raspberries may prevent cancer.

Mechansim of black raspberries

Black raspberries are a rich natural source of chemopreventive phytochemicals and have been documented to prevent cancer of oral cavity, esophagus and colon in experimental animals.

The potential anti-cancer components of  raspberries include the following:

• Vitamins A, C, E and folic acid
• Calcium
• Selenium, beta and alfa carotene, lutein
• Polyphenols
• Phytosterols

Black raspberry extract prevents esophageal cancer by 40-60% and colon cancer by 60-80% in experimental models of these tumors in rodents.

Ethanol-extract of berries prevents ultra-violet induced skin cancer in mice.

In addition, black raspberries lower blood cholesterol by 10-15 percent.

Do you like raspberries? Are you likely to add or increase black raspberries in your diet? Please share your thoughts.

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Comments

[Shinga]

If these are what we call blackberries in the UK then I welcome any excuse to eat more of them. I am inordinately fond of blackberries (aka brambles), raspberries etc. so I am delighted to know that they are so very benign and helpful.