Who doesn’t like ice cream! Personally, I love ice cream, especially chocolate flavors. I was surfing the net the other day and found this news about scientists in New Zealand who are developing a different kind of ice cream that may help ease the symptoms patients develop during chemotherapy.
The "medical dessert" called ReCharge, shows promising signs in the treatment of diarrhea, lack of appetite and anemia in chemotherapy patients.
University of Auckland researchers are working with dairy company Fonterra in a trial where participants have been consuming a 100-gram (3.53-ounce) tub of strawberry flavored ReCharge each day.
The results show promising signs in the treatment of chemotherapy side effects. The two bio-active milk components developed for ReCharge have the unique potential to assist the body in coping with the side effects of chemotherapy.
When ReCharge goes on the market; it may be the first ice cream ever that you need a prescription to buy....
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