Concord Grape Juice May Protect Against Breast Cancer
A glass of 100 percent grape juice made from deep purple Concord grapes may provide protection against breast cancer.
Natural compounds (anthocyanins) in Concord grape juice have been found to protect healthy human breast cells from DNA damage.
According to Dr. Keith Singletary, nutrition professor and lead researcher at the University of Illinois:
“The purple grape compounds demonstrated the capacity to inhibit DNA adduct formation as well as to increase the activity of enzymes that metabolize and detoxify carcinogens, and suppress potentially cancer-causing oxidative stress.
These new data suggest that anthocyanins present in Concord grape juice, as well as some other fruits and juices, warrant further study for their breast cancer chemopreventive potential.”
Also - much like red wine - drinking Concord grape juice can protect from heart disease.
A commercial example is the Welch’s 100% Grape Juice made from Concord grapes which is particularly high in anthocyanins.
Findings have been published in the current issue of the Journal of Medicinal Food.
Source: EurekAlert
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