The best dried fruit against liver cancer

Eating almonds, walnuts and dried apricots can reduce the risk of developing liver cancer. That is the conclusion reached by researchers from the Institute of Cancer in Shanghai.

Chinese experts have found that eating foods rich Vitamin E It reduces the risk of developing one of the most deadly types of cancer. Dietary vitamin E supplements or foods such as almonds, walnuts and pine nuts and dried apricots cut the risk of   liver tumors   in elderly and middle-aged. In addition, it is known that this vitamin helps protect the body against heart disease and eye damage.

These findings were based on analysis of 132 837 people, including 267 victims of the disease. By the way, the number of cases liver tumors   China ranks first in the world. The share of the population of China accounts for 54% of all cases. Scientists from Shanghai collected all the necessary information on the dietary preferences of the study participants, comparing it with the risk of developing cancer.

It turned out that the least liver tumor threatened the people who received the greatest number of   Vitamin E . These studies published in Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Liver cancer is the third most number of deaths of tumor diseases in the world. It is the fifth coverage cancer among men and seven women. Approximately 85% of its victims live in developing countries, which include not only China, but also Russia. One of the risk factors for liver cancer is alcohol abuse.

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