Singapore researchers have found that fruits and vegetables with red skins help prevent breast and prostate cancer, and may also help in treating cancer patients.
Dr. Hsu Te-Hung, a cancer researcher at the Singapore National Cancer Centre, recently published a report stating that he found phytochemicals in red-skinned fruits and vegetables. When fed to mice with transplanted breast and prostate cancer tumors, their tumors began to shrink.
He said that red chili peppers, red apples, and other fruits and vegetables with red skins have an anti-spread effect on breast cancer; phytochemicals have the ability to inhibit cancer cells from diverting nutrient flow.
He hopes that in the future, phytochemicals can be used in conjunction with other treatments to fight cancer.