Polyphenols in red wine and green tea halt prostate cancer growth, study suggests
Patients often ask me about the health effects of red wine and/or green tea. This is a great article about some of the new research into these powerful foods:
ScienceDaily (June 11, 2010) — In what could lead to a major advance in the treatment of prostate cancer, scientists now know exactly why polyphenols in red wine and green tea inhibit cancer growth. This new discovery, published online in The FASEB Journal, explains how antioxidants in red wine and green tea produce a combined effect to disrupt an important cell signaling pathway necessary for prostate cancer growth. This finding is important because it may lead to the development of drugs that could stop or slow cancer progression, or improve current treatments.
To read the rest of this article, click here: Polyphenols in red wine and green tea halt prostate cancer growth, study suggests
If you enjoyed this post, please consider to leave a comment or subscribe to the feed and get future articles delivered to your feed reader.
Comments
No comments yet.
Leave a comment