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Can Olive Oil Kill Breast Cancer?
Extra Virgin Olive Oil Contains Phytochemicals
POSTED: 6:40 am MST December 22, 2008
High-quality olive oil has trace compounds called phytochemicals that can cause cancer cells to die, according to a report in the journal BMC cancer.A team of researchers from the Catalan Institute of Oncology and the University of Granada said that phenols found in extra-virgin olive oil stop a gene called HER2 that causes breast cancer.Other kinds of olive oil lose the beneficial substances when they are treated with heat, according to a news release about the work.The oils were tested on breast cancer cells in a lab, not in people, and the researchers pointed out that they used concentrations that are much higher than someone could get through food.But, they said, the results could provide a basis for designing new drugs to fight breast cancer.
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