Study: Red wine and dark chocolate are potent cancer killers

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Cabernet and chocolate are potent medicine for killing cancer, according to research presented in the US.

Red grapes and dark chocolate join blueberries, garlic, soy, and teas as ingredients that starve cancer while feeding bodies, Angiogenesis Foundation head William Li said at a prestigious TED (technology, entertainment design) Conference in Long Beach, California.

“We are rating foods based on their cancer-fighting qualities,” Mr Li said. “What we eat is really our chemotherapy three times a day.”

The Massachusetts-based foundation is identifying foods containing chemicals that evidently choke-off blood supplies to tumors, starving them to death.

Full story: Red wine and dark chocolate are potent cancer killers, US study says – AFP via News.com.au