Halting the growth of prostate cancer cells. Research at the University of California involving 50 cancer sufferers measured a chemical called prostate-specific antigen (PSA) to see how quickly levels doubled. This normally takes around 15 months in a cancer sufferer.

But in men who drank half a pint of pomegranate juice every day it took 54 months. Experts were so surprised by the findings they predicted many men could drink juice instead of taking drugs and could live for years with the disease under control.

Cancer-busting antioxidants, plus chemicals called isoflavones that can kill cancer cells.