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Food that Fights Breast Cancer, Part 2

Posted on March 11, 2013 6:47 PM by Dr. Jo in Medical News | 1 Comment

What Do Red Wine and Peanut Butter Have in Common?

 

Hmm… red wine and peanut butter don’t even go together very well do they. But they both contain a compound called resveratrol that can help prevent breast cancer.

 

Dr. Eleanor Rogan, PhD, professor at the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases at the University of Nebraska Medical Center; and Chairwoman of the Department of Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health studied the effects of resveratrol on the development of breast cancer.

 

Since breast cancer develops in stages, finding a substance that blocks one of the stages … Read the rest