10 Benefits of Papaya
Papaya Benefit #4: Prevents Cancer
Studies have been done specifically on papaya that have revealed it to be effective at fighting off multiple different types of cancer. The most well-studied varieties of cancer that the fruit is known to fight include breast cancer and pancreatic cancer.
During these studies, extracts of the papaya plant were made from the dried leaves. These extracts were shown to fight the carcinogens that were causing cancer and to slow the cells of tumours that were being made in a laboratory.
The results were further enhanced when the cancerous cells were given papaya leaf tea, as well, suggesting that the leaf and its extracts have very powerful anti-cancer effects.
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