They do well twice: because they have nutritive and preventive properties, such as the antitumor molecule contained in the peel, the limonene, and because they help the excellent scientific research against tumors. For the third year, lemons Citrus – the Italian vegetable garden adhere to the project of the Umberto Veronesi Foundation: from 3 to 16 March, for every 500 grams retina of lemons of the primofiore variety, sold for 2 euro in the points of sale throughout Italy that support the initiative, 40 cents will be donated to the search.

A project that in the last two years has allowed to finance eight researchers, who decided to dedicate their lives to the study and treatment of oncological diseases, for a total of 240 thousand euro. But this new edition of Research Lemons has even more ambitious goals: it wants to exceed the number of research grants last year.

Because the lemon

The Veronesi Foundation has chosen lemons to spread more and more knowledge and use: those of Citrus – the Italian Garden, a fruit and vegetable company in Cesena, are strictly Italian and not treated on the surface. Everyone knows that lemon is a good source of C vitamin, but, like most other citrus fruits, it contains many other important nutrients: carbohydrates (sugars and fibers), potassium, folic acid, calcium, thiamin, niacin, vitamin B6, phosphorus, magnesium, copper, riboflavin, pantothenic acid and a variety of phytochemical compounds.

Vitamin C plays a key role in the formation of collagen and comes into play in the absorption of inorganic iron. As an antioxidant, it can help to avoid cell damage from free radicals, involved in the progression of various diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular disease and cataract formation.

Lemon is precious above all the peel: contains phytochemicals such as monoterpenes, limonoids, flavonoids, carotenoids and hydroxycinnamic acids, which, according to various studies, have antioxidant capacity, effects on cell differentiation and detoxifying power: regular consumption of lemons is important in a diet that is attentive to disease prevention.

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