Grape powder helps block colon cancer genes

Consuming small amounts of freeze-dried grape powder can stave off colon cancer, UCI researchers told oncologists at a conference in San Francisco Friday.

Grapes contain resveratrol, which previous studies have linked to the most common form of colon cancer.

UCI researchers worked with colon cancer patients for their study. They gave one group daily 20 milligram piles of resveratrol, one group 120 grams daily of grape powder mixed with water and a third group 80 grams of grape powder mixed with water.

The genes that cause cancer were blocked significantly in the patients who drank the 80 grams of grape powder.

— Joseph Serna