Apples and Onions, Anyone?
It may not be the best of combination, but a diet rich in onions, apples and berries may reduce the risk of prostate cancer by about 25%.
The flavonols found in foods such as onions, apples and berries is the one responsible for the said association.
Such were the findings of a multi-ethnic study conducted by a team from German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke.
The researchers also stated that theirs is the first study to examine prospectively specific classes of flavonols (quercetin, found in onions and apples; kaempferol, found in spinach and some cabbages; and myricetin, found mostly in red onions and berries) and pancreatic cancer risk.
Of the three individual flavonols, they report that kaempferol was associated with the largest risk reduction (22 per cent) across all participants. The interaction with smoking status was statistically significant for total flavonols, quercetin and kaempferol. The extended benefits afforded to smokers did not appear to extend to former smokers, said the researchers.
There goes another evidence that we should load our diet with more and more fruits and vegetables. Doing so will not hurt anyway, because the health benefits is always there.
Study findings were reported in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Find more details from NutraIngredients and AJE Abstract.
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