Which Fruit Fights Cancer Better?

The ability of eleven common fruits to suppress cancer cell growth in vitro was compared. Which was most effective-apples, bananas, cranberries, grapefruits, grapes, lemons, oranges, peaches, pears, pineapples, or strawberries?
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[@valnaples]

yep...I keep BAGS of cranberries in my freezer to blend up with sweeter berries like blues and straws...lost my Dad and my oldest brother to colon cancer...I *refuse* to go that way. NICE video Doc!

[@valnaples]

+auggiedoggy Just blend them up with a sweeter berry like strawberries....you can use frozen strawberries or a frozen berry blend! Works great for me! Any blender can do the job...I use my old Osterizer & usually thaw the berries out first...maybe add a little OJ too !

[@valnaples]

I don't know for sure but I am guessing they ate bare bones bologna and fried hot dogs...whatever was EASY and cheap.. My brother had had most of his neck cut away from throat cancer in the 80's....lost his job in 2008 and he was VERY depressed and I heard that he went back to smoking. so sad.

[@imapineapple15]

So sorry to hear about your dad. Same thing happened to my dad he died from colon cancer after dealing with lupus. When I went through his credit card statements all I saw was fast food junk - KFC, Quiznos, subway, old school diners. It's a shame. Anyway, I really like the idea of blending cranberries with other berries like strawberries! I'm going to try that!

[@valnaples]

Hi, did you try it out? Hope it works for you!

[@rufuscusack2962]

What a great idea! Thank u so much 4 sharing & continue with good health! I'm relative survivor of the lost family member who suffered the colon cancer. Horrible thing! I feel u! Thanx again!

[@NutritionFactsOrg]

You're welcome--so glad I can help!

[@AldhaniStarpath]

Would lemon and cranberies work on all types of cancer? How would this change if it pased through the digestive system?

[@powmoo]

Hey!! I love your videos but I wish you would site the studies in the videos description.

[@irinip.9378]

My dad actually knows what he does. He eats lemons every day and sprinkles the juice over our food ( greek tradition). I'm gonna show him this when he comes home from work :).

[@aleksk4762]

Take home message: Lemons and cranberries are the best, followed by apples and strawaberries.

[@valnaples]

But not too many people will just eat cranberries....blend them UP with sweeter berries, that's how to do it!

[@kiyoshimarunamikaze]

thats too simple messages, this study doesnt mean that those fruits are better overall, are better for liver cancer, take the studies with a little sense please

[@alexmotlyakh5922]

Lemons and cranberries are the best for liver cancer. Doesn't mean - for all other cancers. Also, as noted, this was in-vitro experiment, not in-vivo. Oranges and pineapples didn't perform here but they contain much needed vitamin C, this is the reason enough to consume them. Oh yeah - instead of eating cranberries you may drink cranberry juice, just dilute it 1:3 or 1:4, pure cranberry juice is VERY concentrated.

[@wittynatty9820]

Love the way he narrates.

[@valnaples]

I know...I love his voice! I have his book "How Not to Die" and am tempted to get the audio version also! But the book is awesome because I can refer back to it as often as I need to!

[@healthyfruitarianrawvegans2122]

He's wrong about vaccines, though. Truth is they aren't needed or safe.

[@jeanneamato8278]

His calming voice is also health promoting.

[@IvanBFit]

Thanks for this video Dr. Greger. I just made raw, fresh cranberry juice with a few purple grapes mixed in and I ate the cranberry pulp also. Glad I saw this video. Cranberry juice, made fresh, actually tastes very good. Better than any packaged juice could taste.

[@RawBananaJoe]

Would love to see a study that test whether multiple fruits combined do better, the same, or worse than the average of the two.

[@emilynewman1450]

Very interesting concept. I would suspect that a variety of fruits together would be even stronger since one fruit may have properties that another fruit would lack.

[@cancerousamphibian625]

He did it can double the effect than if separate

[@Joseph1NJ]

Remember, this was just an in vitro study. I'm not sure how much significance to put behind in vitro studies, other than to say further study is recommended. Show me an in vivo study, now we've got something.

[@cw8790]

+Joseph1NJ I'm sure Dr. Greger could find you any study you want he's the man.

[@jefflebowski918]

This is fascinating and I agree with cranberries, my grandmother has a glass of cranberry juice everyday and she's 92 and in perfect health. All of her siblings died of cancer and my family has a high incidence of cancer.

[@SKgyebaek]

im going to stock up on cranberries now

[@ziondanny7081]

It must be true then

[@jefflebowski918]

Three years later and my grandmother is still doing great at 95.

[@johnnytsunami3558]

No walker or anything ?

[@MasterOfThinking]

@@jefflebowski918 thank you for that info. God bless you

[@merlin2k6]

I'm gonna have to start putting cranberries in my green smoothie, thanks doc!

[@sandracarli1110]

However, he also has more information on cranberries. They must be organic, otherwise they have chemicals and other stuff.

[@psilo8702]

provide source pls

[@ThePANDA1885]

An excellent video. Thank you for taking the time to do the research and put it together in such an accessible way.

[@vegantina6565]

Dammit. Now I have to start putting lemons 🍋 in my water 💦 and eating cranberries.... neither are my favorite but dammit, Doc Gregor said so. I will follow his gospel! And I'm being totally serious! 🤗

[@heyitsablackguy9553]

Always hated the taste of cranberries. But as that say, bitter the taste, better for the body.

[@Peter-wp5vb]

Yup, beer is extremely healthy.

[@heyitsablackguy9553]

Peter Skorokhodov Hey man whatever makes you happy!!

[@JonDoe-fo3kl]

Peter S i agree especial the GREEN Beer the heineken

[@Baconbeater]

My semen is bitter

[@dexterlacroy4132]

Chug a smoothie, it's quick and painless

[@allthingsaustralia4861]

Fantastic presentation - Thank you!

[@XICO2KX]

Nice! So, to conclude: Red Grapes < Strawberries < Apples < Lemons < Cranberries

[@michelangelobuonarroti916]

That's nice to know, but 20 mg/mL is 2%. You'll never get, or at least sustain, such a high percentage of cranberry juice in your blood.

[@keithbrown9360]

Dr. Greger > I REALLY LOVE your channel. I've only truly been vegan for only 4 months and have been checking out other nutrition/vegan channels. Yours has more direct and concise communication (easily accessible info) to the topic and supporting data than I've seen on other channels. This is information I can really USE in my daily choices/action. Thanks so much!

[@Versuffe]

Enjoy iron deficiency

[@mellasone]

Great information and very easy to watch, thank you so much

[@mt006a8256]

Wonderful info Dr Greger. Many thanks.

[@azwar00]

Thak you Doctor. amazing as always.

[@vegeta9411]

Start the day off with lemon and water, then for breakfast either green smoothie pack with kale or organic oatmeal with bananas and strawberries. Unfortunately, I can't find fresh cranberries.

[@Portubed]

Lemon and water on an empty stomach is a DANGER given high acidity. People have caused themselves ulceras with that stuff.

[@margomilmeister5799]

Check the frozen food aisle!

[@michaeld4861]

@@Portubed More acidic than stomach acid? That stuffs pretty powerful.

[@WaAaAaAaW]

Very informative. Thank you for these great videos.

[@mohanudiavar]

Thanks Doctor for the great video. Which is the best fruit for Cancer of Prostate

[@kamalaji1008]

Have to get Cranberries into my diet!!! GREAT VID, Dr. Greger. Thank you.

[@finallycarnivore]

Wow! I put fresh cranberries in my smoothies when I have them - guess that's a good choice! I'll try and do it more often now. I also drink cranberry juice everyday. Thank you Dr Greger!!

[@survivormary1126]

Thanks! Would love if you did an update with some other fuits like Soursop and Kiwi, etc.

[@2111935]

Thanks for sharing.

[@mohrlee4278]

In my opinion the apples still win, since it’s much more pragmatic to eat one apple a day than same amount of lemon or cranberry. Thanks a lot for the priceless information :D

[@filip.glissic]

Do dried cranberries count as well?

[@mohanudiavar]

Lemons are great. Does that include lemon preserves and lemon pickles, or is the benefit lost in processing. Dear Doctor please guide. Thanks a lot for your great videos.

[@blueberry11051]

Great video.Thanks a lot.

[@johnnysturgis6904]

I like eating dried cranberries. mix them with raisins, pumpkin and sunflower seeds for a snack. tasty and oh soooooo good for me :) Thanks Doc!

[@elizabethfletcher1487]

Watch out for dried cranberries. They have been steeped in water to remove the acid (and anything else that is water soluble, like the nutrients), then steeped in sugar water to sweeten them up a bit, then dried. Remarkable these things can still be marketed as cranberries.

[@benjaminmcewan6917]

Love this, berry good

[@sergejzr]

I like those colorful and tasty health - sources :)

[@emilynewman1450]

Very interesting, it seems like fruits a veggies with red skin pigments always tend to have relatively high nutrient content compared to many other foods. I didn't expect lemons to slow the growth of cancer cells so strongly.

[@musuyanguba4226]

I think it’s because it contain a compound that increase a certain good bacteria in the gut increasing the thickness of the gut lining that protects you from the toxins in the food, lowering inflammation.

[@Welcome-to-your-life]

Organic fruit is plentiful in my diet and that of all those older followers of a fruit-based diet thriving through the golden years, loving life. Thanks for the info.

[@dylaneggleston71]

Thanks NutritionFacts.org

[@tylerpalazzo495]

Mike, you are just a great person, and I hope you know that

[@austinliu1043]

What about raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, and kumquats? It's not easy to get cranberries where I live, but I have easy access to these other berries.

[@michelangelobuonarroti916]

I am also very interested in these berries. I'm surprised they weren't included. Though I'm grateful to have the information on cranberries, how can they be one of the most common fruits?

[@austinliu1043]

Cranberries are extremely common in the north-east of the United States. They are probably not common elsewhere.

[@armani3762]

@@austinliu1043 I never see cranberries here, only cranberry juice

[@catecurl3790]

WOW, amazing information

[@Babiroo321]

fascinating! guess I'll​be picking up some cranberries next time I'm at the grocery store

[@persistentone3448]

Where would blueberries be on that list?

[@necrotic4816]

I'm glad lemons made the cut because I drink lemon water literally everyday.

[@drewsviews2307]

Great video!

[@dostarr]

Assume limes would work similarly to lemons. Both great alkaline fruits. AND easy to take/squeeze into water and enjoy.

[@Theartoflife]

This information is interesting but its difficult to grasp any real life information from this. How do these extracts used in the study compare to calorie or volume of fruit to be beneficial? Well I certainly feel confident that the foods that make up a large part of diet are helping to protect my cells .

[@tekymargar]

were these studies done on produce bought from the supermarket or on organic fruits? ...the peeled apple vs. the unpeeled apple got my attention

[@healthyfruitarianrawvegans2122]

I love fresh organic cranberries blended with dates!

[@damonstoudamiree]

Stupendo video!

[@truhunk1]

What about your other video that says gooseberries are the best anti cancer fruit ?

[@Peterkramer929]

huge difference between lemons and oranges is remarkable, after all they´re closely related. What´s in the lemon and not in the orange? Nice vid, thanks for uploading

[@michaeld4861]

I wonder, would Limes be similar to Lemons in this regard? I don't use lemon often, but I do love limes.

[@FruitFreedom]

Indeed!

[@valnaples]

Freakin' AWESOME...I guessed it might be apples due to your prior video about apple peels...but so GLAD that I keep cranberries in my freezer 24/7 for my dark berry concoction 4-5 times each week! AND I go through about 3 lemons each week as I always add it to my green tea and just plain old water throughout the the day. Thanks Doc for all you do for us!

[@eshabanana7249]

How do you test for antioxidant levels in fruit? Is there like a machine or you need to look at the cells?

[@chiyerano]

Makes me glad that I've been at least drinking cranberry juice with a touch of lemon juice regularly these days. I was thinking of getting some cranberries with a whole bag of lemons and limes along with oranges.

[@timgordon2039]

Yoda say: Acetone extractions and TOSC assays do not superfood judgements make. Whole foods, eat you must!! Organic, yes!

[@isaiahreno]

My dad has Barret's Esophagus, and I'm trying to find whole foods that will diminish potential cancer growth. Thanks, doc, for all you do 😁

[@RARA-kf2qw]

smoker?

[@paulrush2792]

great diet berries soya green tea grapes,green leafy vegtables tomatoes whole grains cauliflower,cranberries blue berries brown bread brown rice honey broccolli all great for your diet .

[@t0mq]

does blending the whole lemon, peel and all, increase the antioxidant content and overall nutrition of our smoothies?

[@itzanonmoose8328]

Fresh cranberries are hard to come by in the UK, but when life gives you lemons...

[@AndrewPawley11]

I love this channel!

[@reinux]

I wonder what this might have done to healthy cells, and whether the body would allow them to be exposed to so much lemon juice.

[@silkhead44]

and were not talking ocean spray cranberry juice

[@Magani79]

yes

[@mohanudiavar]

Lemon are great, what about Tahitian Limes? Is it the skin or the interiors that have anti cancer properties?

[@elephantintheroom5678]

Yay for lemon water, and lemon juice on salad! Also, I'm going to hunt out cranberries.

[@DancingSpiderman]

I also eet about 1 raw daikon radish a day, along with the 80 ounces of lemonade I mentioned above recipe. Both daikons and lemons are supposed to be good at alkalizing the body. I will have to incorporate cramberries into a daily drink.

[@SonOfTheSystem]

Have you made or heard any research on Mangosteen fruit?

[@MademoiselleBleme]

Would be interesting to know if the effect of the fruit differs between different types of cancer! :)

[@ldjt6184]

Most people say that fruit is bad for cancer because of the sugar content.

[@adamguerra2120]

who are "most people".... lol this is what's wrong with opinions... they think they heard something... so it must be true...

[@KenWang_ProteinKing]

@@adamguerra2120 Lol he probably means those dumb low carbers

[@lisar3777]

I was wondering if the added sugar and oils in dried cranberries negates their healthful benefits

[@justgivemethetruth]

or cherries either, my favorite.

[@JanetUSA]

The last study mentioned liver cancer. Can we make the jump to apply it to all kinds of cancer?

[@Vinegaroon]

Our Banana the Cavendish is cloned sorta. They take a clipping and grow a new tree from it. Pretty neat.

[@davedaddy101]

cranberries have such a short season. I wonder if the frozen ones have the same effect, or similar.

[@bobschmob8233]

Did you look into this with other cancers? Leukemias?

[@SlowEnduro]

I would have liked to have seen blueberries in the comparison :\

[@ckoch990]

I am curious about limes. I have a half of a lime every day.

[@TheRedtaz]

i squeeze limes in green tea, but are limes just as good as lemons? thank's.

[@Alignmented1]

I've recently fallen in love with cranberries... only that they are imported from Canada and I'm not sure how many ntioxidants are left until they get into my fridge (I live in Spain) and whether any are left if I cook them 5-7min. in a sauce.

[@johnnytsunami3558]

Still love cranberries?

[@iwasborntobefly]

i don't know for sure about this study, but i think most are done using conventional fruits/vegetable/meats, etc.

[@AmandaFessler]

Are dried cranberries any good? I can't just order frozen ones online and have to break home quarantine to go to the supermarket. Last time I hired an errand group to buy, they accidentally bought diced beets instead of frozen berries.

[@yehmiyah]

very good :)

[@anthrogal19]

What about limes?

[@JohnnyCatFitz]

Mmm, lemons! So even the once a year lemon cookies I make are a little bit good 😜

[@w0y1z92753]

In the case of liver cancer, yes. Ideally, a diet rich in a really wide variety of fruits and vegetables FTW overall.

[@w0y1z92753]

If you juice, juice the whole lemon. I do anyway. Some people say it's a little bitter, but I haven't noticed. Lemon, ginger, apple with mixed greens (usually kale, spinach, parsley and beet greens for me) with carrot, red pepper, beetroot and cucumber makes an awesome juice that in that combination doesn't taste bitter because of the lemon peel. Well for my taste buds at least.

[@DancingSpiderman]

Our laughter from Brian Regan's jokes are Anti-Cancer remedy.

[@valnaples]

Also am wondering if LEMON PEELS have any special properties? We eat the entire cranberry but we don't often eat the entire lemon, well, I don't anyway. Thanks!

[@letshaveabreak9797]

Interesting...I have now one more reason why fresh lemon juice water is healthy. Does only the lemon juice have health benefits or the other parts of the lemon (inclusively the seeds) too?

[@dannyrosenberg4175]

i can't find cranberry juice anywhere without it being filled with added sugar. pisses me off

[@valnaples]

Then just eat the cranberries! ok? Mix them with sweeter berries!

[@Gabe62046]

Danny Rosenberg cranberry smoothies?

[@elizabethfletcher1487]

Danny Rosenberg somewhere in my past I found cranberry juice concentrate in a glass bottle at a health food store. Might still be out there somewhere.

[@michaeld4861]

@@valnaples lol, they probably live in an area that doesn't get (or often get) cranberries. The only cranberries I can find in my area are the sugar filled juice or the dried ones that are also filled with sugar and oil.

[@ianmacleod6038]

Interesting

[@travist7777]

...what about Lemon Drops?

[@cookletsdothis]

I freeze lemons and grate a bit over my salads.

[@howardjohnson2138]

Are these fruits cooked or raw? Thanks

[@mrpaupie]

I wish I liked the taste of cranberries but I'm going to give them another chance. Maybe if I mixed them with pineapple?

[@gregg4]

I have my doubts about the relevance of a study looking at cancer cells in a petri dish. Do these fruits behave the same inside the body?

[@martinhagel2852]

Does anybody know if the mold forming on the bottom stems of pineapples makes eating those fruits dangerous?

[@user-fk8rb8ue5h]

what about black grapes?