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Carotenoids
May Ward Off Prostate Cancer
(NY, Reuters Health, 2/24/05)
Dr. Andy H. Lee of Curtin University of Technology in
Perth, Australia, and team, compared 130 prostate cancer
patients in southeast China with 274 cancer-free controls. The
investigators queried the subjects about their diets and
lifestyles and found that the risk of prostate cancer fell for
Chinese men who ate greater amounts of certain
foods--including tomatoes, spinach and citrus fruits—and
specifically for those whose diets were rich in carotenoids,
like lycopene, alpha-carotene and beta-carotene. These
findings suggest that the carotenoids in food may protect
against prostate cancer,
(International Journal of Cancer,
March 1, 2005) |
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