Prevent Certain Types of Cancer

Peaches, like other fruits, contain beneficial plant chemicals that may give some protection against certain malignancies. Carotenoids and caffeic acid, two kinds of antioxidants thought to have anticancer activities, are abundant in peach skin and meat. Compounds in peach seeds have also been demonstrated in animal and test-tube studies to reduce the growth of non-cancerous skin lesions and keep them from turning malignant.

Not to add, peaches are high in polyphenols, a kind of antioxidant that has been proven in laboratory experiments to decrease the development and spread of cancer cells. Peach polyphenols may have the capacity to destroy malignant cells while causing no harm to healthy cells. In one animal research, these polyphenols were very efficient at preventing the growth and spread of a specific form of breast cancer. According to the researchers, a person would need to eat two to three peaches each day to ingest the number of polyphenols utilized in the study.