A new study from the Ohio State University shows purple corn is a powerful weapon in the fight against colon cancer cells: the vegetable’s pigment not only completely stopped cancer cells growing, but also killed some 20 percent of them without affecting healthy cells. The secret ? Anthocyanins that give vegetables and fruits their rich red, purple and blue colors. “Very little anthocyanin is absorbed into the bloodstream,” says study leader Dr. Monica Giusti, “but a large proportion travels through the gastro-intestinal tract, where those tissues absorp the compound.”
Other good sources include blueberries, raspberries, red apples, eggplant, rhubarb, red cabbage and blackcurrants.
Source : RD Asia June 2008.
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