Strawberries: Choose Organic For More Cancer Fighting Power

Strawberries: Choose Organic For More Cancer Fighting Power

Pick a better berry to prevent cancer

by Kelley Herring

Thanks to flash-freezing methods, strawberries are always in season. And if you choose organic you’ll not only limit your exposure to pesticides, but may also boost the cancer-fighting effects of these delicious berries.

A recent study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry tested the extracts of five types of strawberries on human colon cancer and breast cancer cells. While all of the strawberry extracts decreased the proliferation of both types of cancer cells, the organic strawberry extract had stronger cancer-fighting activity.

Here’s a few berry delicious ways to enjoy strawberries, organic, of course!

Olsson ME, Andersson CS, Oredsson S, Berglund RH, Gustavsson KE.Antioxidant levels and inhibition of cancer cell proliferation in vitro by extracts from organically and conventionally cultivated strawberries.J Agric Food Chem. 2006 Feb 22;54(4):1248-55

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