Old Apple a Day Adage Gets New Scientific Backing
[06/21/2000; Reuters News Service]
LONDON (Reuters) - The old adage that an apple a day keeps the
doctor away looks to have acquired an important scientific dimension.
It might keep cancer away too. Fresh research by scientists at
Cornell University in New York published Wednesday shows that
plant substances such as flavonoids and polyphenols, known as
phytochemicals, are the essential healthy ingredients in the
fruit. ``What this study shows is that the combination of phytochemicals
plays a very important role in anti-oxidant and anti-cancer activity,
and the real health benefits may come from a phytochemical mixture,''
food science professor Rui Hai Liu said in a statement.
The full article can be found at:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000621/ts/health_apple_dc_1.html
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