The Benefits of Disease-Fighting Foods

By Better Health Research Team • Mar 4th, 2010 • Category: Health E-Hint

Researchers at the John Innes Center in Great Britain have developed a breed of purple tomatoes using genes from the snapdragon flower. The good news is—these odd-colored tomatoes are packed with cancer-fighting antioxidants called anthocyanins.

These antioxidants are found in fruits like blackberries and currants, and give them their dark color. Anthocyanins not only show positive outcomes for fighting cancer, but they have also been shown to lower your risk of heart and brain disease. Unfortunately many folks don’t eat enough of these healthy foods. This new genetically engineered tomato contains even more potent levels of the antioxidant.

The findings show the cancer-prone mice that were fed the new breed of tomatoes lived significantly longer than those mice on a regular diet.