Here is good news for cancer patients; eat more chips
February 6, 2009
The ‘chips’, considered as a junk food and shunned for a long time, can actually help battling cancer, according to a study. This is because the humble chips contain rich quantities of vitamin C, which is considered as a cancer fighting ingredient. It is perceived the vitamin tackles dangerous free radicals, which are associated with the dreaded disease growth.
A portion of a chips contains five times more vitamin C than a bunch of grapes. So by eating chips, people may keep cancer at bay. Even those already affected by cancer could even shrink the size of their tumours with a vitamin C-rich, deep-fried potato diet, the researchers observed.
In nutritionist Fiona Hunter’s words,
“Chips have vitamin C, a nutrient believed to help protect against certain types of cancer. People who eat food rich in vitamin C are much less likely to suffer from cancer of the oesophagus, stomach cancer and breast cancer.”
Free radicals are highly considered as unstable molecules that can cause damage within the body and are also linked to several different kinds of cancer.
Hunter added:
“Apart from vitamin C, chips also have a host of other nutrients including vitamin B1 and B6, fibre and iron. There’s no such thing as a bad food. Potatoes help control blood pressure and have dietary fibre, which is good for your bowels, when you think of potatoes, you just think about carbohydrates.”
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