Pomegranates Suppress Prostate Cancerous Cells

A new study by researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles found that drinking pomegranate juice can fight prostate cancer.

The study included 48 men with recurrent prostate cancer, half of which drank eight ounces of pomegranate juice a day and half of which drank no pomegranate juice. The juice drinkers went 37 months before recurrence, whereas the group that did not drink the juice went just 15 months.

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Overview:

Drinking 8 ounces of pomegranate juice daily can suppress prostate cancer activity in men with recurrent prostate cancer, according to a study presented Monday at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association in San Antonio.

The study included the cases of 48 men with recurrent prostate cancer. The study was conducted by Dr. Allan J. Pantuck and collegues from the University of California at Los Angeles.

The study found that men with recurrent prostate cancer who drank no pomegranate juice got the doubling time of 15 months for prostate specific antigen (PSA) while those who drank 8 ounces a day got 37 months of PSA doubling time. PSA is an indicator for the tumor activity.

The results indicated that pomegranate juice suppresses the cancer activity. It is believed that antioxidants in pomegranate juice have anti-cancer properties. Phytochemicals such as phytoestrogens may also attribute to these benefits.

No serious side effects were found with the use of pomegranate juice.

Researchers plan to do phase III randomized trials now that the results of the study showed that pomegranate juice is promising.

Previous studies in lab mice by other researchers found that drinking pomegranate juice may help reduce the risk of heart disease. Pomegranate juice can not only relax the oxidative stress on human coronary artery endothelial cells, but reduce the plague build-up in mice by 30 percent.

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http://www.foodconsumer.org/777/8/Pomegranate_juice_helps_fight_prostate_cancer.shtml