The older a man gets, the more likely he is to develop this disease. African Americans have the highest rate of prostate cancer. A diet high in animal fats doubles the risk while a diet high in carotenes, particularly lycopene, and other antioxidants may cut the risk in half. It's berries have long been prized as an aphrodisiac and sexual rejuvenator, and for centuries they have been used as a treatment for prostate conditions . OPC's are concentrated in fibrous parts of fruits and vegetables and are often destroyed by cooking.
Antioxidants protect our cells from unhealthy oxidation by free radicals.
Many components of a healthy diet are, in fact, antioxidants. The two most well known antioxidants are vitamin C and vitamin E. Thousands of research reports have been published in scientific journals all around the world about their importance to health. One begins to understand the value of OPC's when learning they are as much as 20 times more potent than vitamin C and 50 times more potent than vitamin E in their ability to provide antioxidant protection. What's more, while performing their protective function, these two vitamin antioxidants are chemically altered, neutralizing their antioxidant function. Not at all.