Does Froodles have any cancer-fighting properties?
Free radicals, which can damage DNA potentially causing cancer, are stray, highly reactive forms of oxygen and nitrogen that accumulate in the body as byproducts of normal metabolism. Fruits are great sources of antioxidants, and Froodles is about fruit, and lots of it! In our processing, we use the whole fruit, including the skin which contains most of the cancer fighting ingredients which have been shown to deter cancer-causing free radicals. Not only do fruits supply us with vitamins C and E, but they have many naturally occurring chemicals that serve us well. For example, phytochemicals are responsible for the bright hues of red and yellow in fruits, such as peaches, plums, nectarines, apricots and cherries. These naturally occurring chemicals are all cancer fighting agents. Ellagic acid, found in grapes and cherries, has been shown to prevent carcinogens from transforming normal cells into cancerous ones. Apples, especially the peel, have been shown to help fight a variety of canc
