The incidence of prostate cancer is rising rapidly, and moderate intake of red pomegranate is health care.
Prostate cancer is a common male urinary tract tumor in China, and its incidence has risen sharply in recent years, which may be related to medical progress, the increase of elderly population, the aging population, the popularization of western diet and the progress of diagnostic technology. How can male friends stay away from the threat of prostate cancer? It may be a good idea to change the content of daily diet moderately and eat more red pomegranate!
Red pomegranate slows down the progress of prostate cancer. Ellagic acid is considered as the key ingredient.
Allan Pantuck, Ph.D., Urology, Stanford University, USA, and his research team published a study on pomegranate and prostate cancer at the annual meeting of the American Urology Association. The research team found 50 patients with prostate cancer and gave them 8 ounces (about 227 grams) of pomegranate juice every day for more than five years. As a result, the growth of cancer cells decreased by 65,438+02%, and the death of tumor cells increased by 65,438+07%.
Moreover, in patients with 15, after drinking pomegranate juice, the doubling time of PSA value was prolonged by four times, which means that the deterioration rate of prostate cancer was slowed down by four times. PSA is a "prostate-specific antigen" and an important index for the diagnosis of prostate cancer.
The research team believes that the key of pomegranate juice to delay the deterioration of prostate cancer is the compound "ellagic acid". Another study found that ellagic acid can inhibit aromatase and prevent the body from producing too much estrogen, while reducing estrogen can fight prostate cancer.
Not just ellagic acid! Anthocyanin and tannin are also anti-cancer heroes.
Lai Jiayu, a nutritionist at Daqian General Hospital, explained that ellagic acid is a phenolic acid, which exists in plants in the form of sugar molecules. When the human body eats it, it will release ellagic acid. Ellagic acid mainly exists in red fruits and vegetables. Besides pomegranate, cranberries, strawberries, red bell peppers and medlar are also rich in ellagic acid.
The anti-cancer effect of red pomegranate is not achieved by ellagic acid alone. High concentrations of anthocyanins and tannins are also polyphenols, which also help the human body to scavenge free radicals, reduce oxidative stress in the body and stay away from the threat of cancer.
In addition, nutritionist Lai Jiayu also said that fresh red pomegranate is rich in polyphenols, and the dietary fiber content of each half cup (about 87 grams) of red pomegranate is 3 grams, which is 12% of the daily dietary fiber intake recommended by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, but the calorie is only 70 calories. Rich dietary fiber can increase satiety, promote intestinal digestion and absorption rate, help improve constipation, and thus reduce the risk of intestinal cancer.
Ruby is beautiful and healthy! Drink less sugar when juicing.
No matter men or women, take a proper amount of red pomegranate every day, which is beautiful, anti-aging and healthy! Nutritionist Lai Jiayu said that red pomegranate is rich in nutrition, and its vitamin C content is 1 2 times higher than that of apple, which not only contributes to the synthesis of collagen, but also achieves the effect of beauty and health care. It is more conducive to the synthesis of neuroconductive substances such as corticosteroids, dopamine and norepinephrine, which can relieve stress and produce emotions such as happiness and enthusiasm.
It should be noted that when drinking pomegranate juice, it is best not to add extra sugar or reduce the amount of sugar added, so as to avoid excessive intake of polysaccharide, offset the health care effect of pomegranate nutrients, and even get fatter and fatter, which is not conducive to cancer control.
Foreign studies have found that ellagic acid in pomegranate has anti-prostate cancer effect. The vitamin C content of red pomegranate is 1 to 2 times higher than that of apple, which is helpful for beauty.