10 Health Benefits of Pumpkin
Pumpkin Benefit #5: Reduces Risk of Cancer
One other benefit of pumpkin is that it can reduce the risk of suffering from cancer. Studies carried out in postmenopausal women who had breast cancer showed that by consuming this type of food, they were less likely to die from breast cancer than those who didn’t consume this type of food at all. It is believed that this is due to enterolactone, which is high in pumpkins.
Enterolactone also increases the sensitivity of breast cancer cells when undergoing radiation, which might also increase the positive effects of radiotherapy in breast cancer patients. Although more re-search needs to be done, the results are very promising and consuming this type of food can be very beneficial to cancer patients but also toward preventing the risk of suffering from cancer.
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