Is apple juice cancerous?

[searcher30]

Is apple juice cancerous?
I am told that this is the case and this is research that was done 10 years ago already.
Can anyone enlighten me!
Thanks

[powermac]

I hope not, I love the stuff!

I thought there is growing evidence that Apples actually help protect against various cancers, especially something contained in the skin. May pay to do some research on the net...

[Toothsmith]

I seem to remember that one day, several years ago, when it was a quiet news day,a paper or two came up with a report that if a rat consumed several tonnes of the stuff used to make apples shiney, then one in a thousand of them died of cancer.

I am being ironic here, as I don't remember the ins and outs of it.

I just remember thinking that at least they'd gone with something original. Usually on days like that, they try to convince their readership that dentists are out to poison the world!

[Ted_Hutchinson]

Certainly apple juice is far healthier than fizzy pop or cola (http://www.cspinet.org/liquidcandy/) that kids may very well be drinking instead.

Compared to eating apples though it's better to eat them whole see
How does fruit juice compare to whole fruit?: answer (http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=george&dbid=24#answer)

this Research (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16548011&query_hl=39&itool=pubmed_docsum) indicates that apple juice may be protective as they are associated with a lower risk of tumour induction in the intestine.

I think this may be the furore (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=11609044&query_hl=39&itool=pubmed_docsum) that Toothsmith is remembering. Sounds The core of the dispute was in the risk figures and risk interpretations being used by each organization. a bit like a row over statistics.

[tawnyowls]

I seem to remember that one day, several years ago, when it was a quiet news day,a paper or two came up with a report that if a rat consumed several tonnes of the stuff used to make apples shiney, then one in a thousand of them died of cancer.

There was a similar report about the pesticides used on them, but many of those data are from the US, which has different substances/dosages allowed than those in the EU. It's probably good practice to wash all fruit and veg before eating it, but otherwise I wouldn't worry. The health benefits (including proven anti-tumour properties) of fruit and veg far outweigh any tenuous link to cancers.