A drizzle of olive oil a day could help keep breast cancer at bay.
Research shows that the Mediterranean oil mounts a multi-pronged attack on the tumours, stunting their growth, driving their cells to implode and protecting against potentially-cancerous damage to DNA.
The Spanish scientists, from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, set out to find out why previous studies had linked an olive oil-rich diet, to lower odds of various cancers.
The oil, a cornerstone of the Mediterranean diet, also switched off proteins that cancer cells rely on to stay alive.
